Firewall-as-a-service for campus networks based on p4-sfc

M Häberle, B Steinert, M Menth - Electronic Communications of the …, 2021 - eceasst.org
M Häberle, B Steinert, M Menth
Electronic Communications of the EASST, 2021eceasst.org
Taking care of security is a crucial task for every operator of a campus network. One of the
most fundamental security-related network functions that can be found in most networks for
this purpose are stateful firewalls. However, deploying firewalls in large campus networks,
eg, at a university, can be challenging. Hardware appliances that can cope with today's high
data rates at the border of a campus network are not cost-effective enough for most
deployments. Shifting the responsibility to run firewalls to single departments at a university …
Abstract
Taking care of security is a crucial task for every operator of a campus network. One of the most fundamental security-related network functions that can be found in most networks for this purpose are stateful firewalls. However, deploying firewalls in large campus networks, eg, at a university, can be challenging. Hardware appliances that can cope with today's high data rates at the border of a campus network are not cost-effective enough for most deployments. Shifting the responsibility to run firewalls to single departments at a university is not feasible because the expertise to manage these devices is not available there. For this reason, we propose a cloud-like infrastructure based on service function chaining (SFC) and network function virtualization (NFV) that allows users to deploy network functions like firewalls at a central place while hiding most technical details from the users.
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