A Forum for Supporters of the Distributed Network Protocol

The development of DNP3 was a comprehensive effort to achieve open, standards-based Interoperability between substation outstations and master stations for the electric utility industry. Since its inception, DNP3 has also become widely utilized in adjacent industries such as water / waste water, transportation and the oil and gas industry.

Recent developments include:

  • Adoption of the DNP3 specifications as an IEEE standard (IEEE 1815)
  • DNP3 Secure Authentication, which defines a protocol mechanism that:
    • Enables a DNP3 outstation to unambiguously determine it is communicating with a user who is authorized to access the services of the outstation.
    • Enables a DNP3 master to unambiguously determine that it is communicating with the correct outstation.

 

 Announcements
Managing DNP3 Secure Authentication Updates Attachment
by Lorene Cunningham		 1/18/2012 8:19 PM
The nature of Secure Authentication updates may result in issues for users who deploy devices which implement later versions of Secure Authentication, and which are expected to interoperate with devices which implement earlier versions of Secure Authentication.
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Further info regarding the release of DNP3 Secure Authentication Version 5 Attachment
by Lorene Cunningham		 12/2/2011 11:51 AM
On 9th November the DNP Users Group issued a brief notice advising of the release of DNP3 Secure Authentication Version 5. 
The DNP Technical Committee is now releasing a follow-up document that provides details of the changes that have been made...
 
Just released: DNP3 Secure Authentication Version 5... Attachment
by Lorene Cunningham		 11/9/2011 2:49 AM
DNP3 Secure Authentication Version 5 addresses security vulnerabilities and other issues found in previous versions, and is not backwards-compatible. Version 5 is the only recommended version that provides optional methods to remotely change User Update...
 

 Calendar
2/1/2012 5:00 PM   DNP Technical Committee Telecon 
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5/7/2012 8:00 AM   Practical DNP Tutorial at IEEE T&D Conference 
       
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