Biblio

In this paper we present an approach to implement security as a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) that is implemented within a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI). We present a scalable, flexible, and seamless design for a Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) system for network intrusion detection and prevention. We discuss how our design introduces significant reductions in both capital and operational expenses (CAPEX and OPEX). As proof of concept, we describe an implementation for a modular security solution that uses the SAVI SDI testbed to first detect and then block an attack or to re-direct it to a honey-pot for further analysis. We discuss our testing methodology and provide measurement results for the test cases where an application faces various security attacks.

This paper presents a novel architecture to manage identity and access (IAM) in a Multi-tier cloud infrastructure, in which most services are supported by massive-scale data centres over the Internet. Multi-tier cloud infrastructure uses tier-based model from Software Engineering to provide resources in different tires. In this paper we focus on design and implementation of a centralized identity and access management system for the multi-tier cloud infrastructure. First, we discuss identity and access management requirements in such an environment and propose our solution to address these requirements. Next, we discuss approaches to improve performance of the IAM system and make it scalable to billions of users. Finally, we present experimental results based on the current deployment in the SAVI Testbed. We show that our IAM system outperforms the previously proposed IAM systems for cloud infrastructure by factor 9 in throughput when the number of users is small, it handle about 50 times more requests in peak usage. Because our architecture is a combination of Green-thread and load balanced process, it uses less systems resources, and easily scales up to address high number of requests.