Programmable data plane technologies enable the systematic reconfiguration of the low-
level processing steps applied to network packets and are key drivers toward realizing the …

By moving network functionality from dedicated hardware to software running on end-hosts,
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) pledges the benefits of cloud computing to packet …

Middleboxes that process confidential data cannot be securely deployed in untrusted cloud
environments. To securely outsource middleboxes to the cloud, state-of-the-art systems …

Programmable switches allow the packet processing behavior to be applied to transmitted
packets, including the type, sequence, and semantics of processing operations, to be …

Stateful middleboxes, such as intrusion detection systems and application-level firewalls,
have provided key functionalities in operating modern IP networks. However, designing an …

Existing Network Function Virtualization (NFV) service placements that reuse already
deployed network functions either reuse an entire Service Function Chain (SFC) or only …

Abstract Software Defined Network (SDN) has become one of the most preferred solutions
for the management of large-scale complex networks. The network policies in the large …

Existing network service chaining frameworks are based on a" packet-centric" model where
each NF in a chain is given every packet for processing. This approach becomes both …

Software switches are increasingly used in network function virtualization (NFV) to route
traffic between virtualized network functions (VNFs) and physical network interface cards …

Network function virtualization has recently allowed specialized equipment to be replaced
with equivalent software implementation. The Click router was a first step in this direction …