Revisiting the DARPA´s idea of a programmable network

Author

Aubrecht, Vladimir ; Koutny, Tomas

Author_Institution

Fac. of Appl. Sci., Univ. of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

fYear

2012

fDate

8-9 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In 1995, DARPA recognized the shortcomings of IP networks. As a response, the experts initiated a project that should become the cornerstone of new military communication architecture. The goal was a network that would be resistant to attack and to operate despite successful attacks, while allowing a secure sharing of data at all levels of command. The project was named Active Networks. However, it failed to meet performance and security criteria. We revisited this problem, identified performance and security bottlenecks so that we present an advance to fast, secure and scalable active network server - Smart Active Node.

Keywords

IP networks; military communication; military computing; security of data; DARPA; IP network; active network server; military communication architecture; programmable network; secure data sharing; security bottlenecks; smart active node; IP networks; Java; Operating systems; Protocols; Security; Servers; Storage area networks; active networking; programmable network; smart active node;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Systems Conference (MCC), 2012 Military

Conference_Location

Gdansk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1422-0

Type

conf

Filename

6387932