Title :
Model-based configuration of VPNs
Author :
Lück, I. ; Vögel, S. ; Krumm, H.
Author_Institution :
Materna Inf. & Commun., Dortmund, Germany
Abstract :
The design of suitable configurations for virtual private networks (VPNs) is usually difficult and error-prone. The abstract objectives of design are given by high level policies representing various requirements and the designers are often faced with conflicting requirements. Moreover, it is difficult to find a suitable mapping of high level policies to those low level network configurations which correctly and completely implement the abstract objectives. We apply the approach of model-based management where the system itself as well as the management objectives are represented by graphical object instance diagrams. A combination of tool and libraries supports their interactive construction and automated analysis. The implementation of the approach focuses on VPNs which are based on the Linux IPsec software FreeS/WAN.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network management; telecommunication security; Internet; Linux IPsec software FreeS/WAN; VPNs; abstract objectives; conflicting requirements; graphical object instance diagrams; high level policies; low level network configurations; management objectives; model-based configuration; model-based management; virtual private networks; Employment; Extranets; IP networks; Linux; Modems; Monitoring; Object oriented modeling; Software libraries; Virtual private networks; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2002. NOMS 2002. 2002 IEEE/IFIP
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7382-0
DOI :
10.1109/NOMS.2002.1015610