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
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.