3rd International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems

Research Article

A Secure Programming Paradigm for Network Virtualization

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374341,
        author={Ana Milanova and Sonia Fahmy and David Musser and Bulent Yener},
        title={A Secure Programming Paradigm for Network Virtualization},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={10},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374341}
    }
    
  • Ana Milanova
    Sonia Fahmy
    David Musser
    Bulent Yener
    Year: 2006
    A Secure Programming Paradigm for Network Virtualization
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374341
Ana Milanova, Sonia Fahmy, David Musser, Bulent Yener

    Abstract

    The central paradigm of today's successful Internet is to keep the network core simple and move complexity towards the network end points. Unfortunately, this very paradigm limits network management and control capabilities, and creates opportunities for attacks such as worms, viruses, and spam that often seriously disrupt and degrade Internet and user performance. The thrust of this paper is that such problems cannot be effectively solved unless a paradigm shift is adopted. Towards a more secure and manageable Internet, we propose "virtualization" of the Internet, by carefully balancing its scalability and programmability properties. Our objective is to provide a programmable virtual Internet to users and to let them manage, control, and optimize it based on their individual needs.