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A Proof-of-Concept Demonstration of Isolated and Encrypted Service Function Chains

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  • Håkon Gunleifsen

    (Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway)

  • Thomas Kemmerich

    (Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway)

  • Vasileios Gkioulos

    (Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway)

Abstract

Contemporary Service Function Chaining (SFC), and the requirements arising from privacy concerns, call for the increasing integration of security features such as encryption and isolation across Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) domains. Therefore, suitable adaptations of automation and encryption concepts for the development of interconnected data centre infrastructures are essential. Nevertheless, packet isolation constraints related to the current NFV infrastructure and SFC protocols, render current NFV standards insecure. Accordingly, the goal of our work was an experimental demonstration of a new SFC packet forwarding standard that enables contemporary data centres to overcome these constraints. This article presents a comprehensive view of the developed architecture, focusing on the elements that constitute a new forwarding standard of encrypted SFC packets. Through a Proof-of-Concept demonstration, we present our closing experimental results of how the architecture fulfils the requirements defined in our use case.

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  • Håkon Gunleifsen & Thomas Kemmerich & Vasileios Gkioulos, 2019. "A Proof-of-Concept Demonstration of Isolated and Encrypted Service Function Chains," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-21, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:11:y:2019:i:9:p:183-:d:260740
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    1. Håkon Gunleifsen & Vasileios Gkioulos & Thomas Kemmerich, 2018. "A Tiered Control Plane Model for Service Function Chaining Isolation," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-33, June.
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    NFV; SFC; NSH; IPsec; P4; RESTconf;
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    • P4 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems

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