Oftables: A distributed packet filter

Author

Koerner, Michael ; Kao, Odej

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Syst. Complex & Distrib. IT Syst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper introduces an innovative packet filter application called “oftables”. The application provides a new network security enforcement opportunity using OpenFlow, with a lot of advantages which will be further explained. Even more, it covers all firewall requirements and evolve the whole concept concerning performance, management, granularity and reliability. Altogether it presents an major improvement regarding packet based network traffic filtering in future data-center, enterprise or campus networks.

Keywords

computer centres; computer network performance evaluation; computer network reliability; firewalls; packet radio networks; telecommunication traffic; OpenFlow; campus network; data center; distributed packet filter; enterprise network; firewall requirement; network granularity; network performance; network reliability; network security enforcement opportunity; oftables; packet based network traffic filtering; Joining processes; Ports (Computers); Servers; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS), 2014 Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSNETS.2014.6734922

Filename

6734922