NDLI: Research and implementation of a scalable secure active network node

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Jian-Guo Wang Zeng-Zhi Li Ya-Nan Kou
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. of Comput. Archit. & Network, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., China (Jian-Guo Wang; Zeng-Zhi Li; Ya-Nan Kou)
Abstract	Active networks are packet-switched networks. It allows users to inject customized programs into the intermediate node of the network. The important difference of active network from traditional network is that active network consists of a series of active network nodes that are able to execute active codes and compute them. So, an active network node is the key of the architecture of active networks. This paper presents a scalable and secure active network node that provides the required flexibility of active network technology for dynamic services customized by users deployment and application-specific data processing and forwarding. In this paper, the composing components and services request interface and active application API are introduced, which make the active network node scalable, and the functions of the composing components can be dynamically extended. By describing the process procedure of capsules, we discuss the communication among these composing components. We develop a high performance active network node with a new mechanism to load an active code. We make the active network node secure by using a digital signature and secure execution engine that can authenticate the identities of principals and authorize to control resources accessing.
Sponsorship	Hebei Univ. IEEE Syst., Man & Cybernetics Tech. Committe on Cybernetics
Starting Page	111
Ending Page	115
File Size	337559
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780375084
DOI	10.1109/ICMLC.2002.1176720
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-11-04
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer architecture Computer networks Data processing Protocols Electronic mail Digital signatures Engines Communication system control Passive networks Packet switching
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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