Distributed Code Caching for Active Networks

Distributed Code Caching for Active Networks

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by Dan Decasper , Bernhard Plattner

Venue:	Proc. of INFOCOM 98
Citations:	17 - 3 self

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TITLE	Distributed Code Caching for Active Networks	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Dan Decasper	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	1 Applied Reserach Laboratory, Washington University, St.Louis, MO, USA; 2	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Computer Engineering and Network Laborator, ETH Zurich, Switzerland	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Bernhard Plattner	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	1 Applied Reserach Laboratory, Washington University, St.Louis, MO, USA; 2	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Computer Engineering and Network Laborator, ETH Zurich, Switzerland	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	Active networking allows the network infrastructure to be programmable. Recent research focuses on two commonly separated approaches: “capsules ” and “programmable switches”. Capsules are typically small programs in packets which flow through the network and are executed in-band on nodes receiving them. Programmable switches are network devices which offer a back door to inject code by a network administrator out-of-band in order to enhance the device’s capabilities. By combining these two approaches, this paper proposes a novel system architecture which allows both application specific data processing in network nodes as well as rapid deployment of new network protocol implementations. Instead of carrying code, data packets carry pointers to digitally signed active modules initially loaded on-the-fly, inband, from trusted code servers on the network. Packet processing runs at high speed, may access and modify the whole network subsystem and no potentially slow virtual machines are needed. Key words: active networks; application specific data processing; automatic protocol deployment; distributed code caching 1.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
VENUE	Proc. of INFOCOM 98	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	CONFERENCE	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	27 found	ParsCit 1.0