Run-time support for extensible protocol stacks

Author

Dandekar, Hrishikesh ; Purtell, Andrew ; Schwab, Stephen

Author_Institution

Network Associates Labs., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

4-5 April 2003

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

52

Abstract

By implementing an extensible network protocol stack in the AMP operating system, we have demonstrated support for fine-grained replacement of low-level network processing components. Furthermore, our compiler technology approach provides the means to support multiple hardware architectures and a framework for enforcing safety and security properties during runtime code generation. Our preliminary results indicate that our approach is feasible, has comparable per-packet processing costs to static code, and has acceptable per-module loading and code generation costs.

Keywords

distributed programming; program compilers; protocols; security of data; AMP operating system; code generation costs; compiler technology; extensible network protocol stack; fine-grained low-level network processing component replacement; multiple hardware architectures; per-module loading costs; per-packet processing costs; run-time support; runtime code generation; safety properties; security properties; Computer languages; Costs; Hardware; Laboratories; Libraries; Operating systems; Protection; Protocols; Runtime; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Open Architectures and Network Programming, 2003 IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7764-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OPNARC.2003.1196372

Filename

1196372