A policy-based network management system for IP VPN

Author

Guo, Xin ; Yang, Kun ; Galis, Alex ; Cheng, Xiaochun ; Yang, Bo ; Liu, Dayou

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1630

Abstract

Even though IP VPN has practically proven itself to be a cost-effective solution, the lack of centralized capabilities of current IP VPN deployment makes the management of growing VPN networks an extremely tedious procedure. This paper proposes to use policy-based network management method to address this challenge. Firstly, a policy-based IP VPN management architecture is presented, mainly explaining the operational components concerning the IPsec. Then a detailed discussion with respect to policy information model is given. Finally, a case study for interdomain IP VPN configuration exemplifies the design and implementation of this management system based on the test-bed developed in the Networks & Services Group of University College London (UCL).

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; virtual private networks; IP PVN; IP security; Internet protocol virtual private network; interdomain IP PVN configuration; management architecture; management system design; management system implementation; operational components; policy definition language; policy information model; policy-based network management system; Computer network management; Computer science; Data security; Educational institutions; IP networks; Information security; Integrated circuit interconnections; System testing; Virtual private networks; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 2003. ICCT 2003. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.2003.1209840

Filename

1209840