Abstract
With the advent of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), the design and deployment of DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) must be reconsidered. The programmability, global visibility and centralized control of SDN, as well as the NFV enabled lightweight service creation and migration, have potential to empower the capability of DPI tools. On the other hand, dynamic environments make the deployment of DPI challenging. Although it has been validated that some security functions like firewall, and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be implemented in SDN controllers or NFV, it remains unclear whether or not DPI can be done in the similar way considering its sophisticated interactions with the network traffic packets, especially for the stateful protocols and encrypted traffic. In other words, the design and deployment of DPI in an SDN and NFV architecture would not be as straightforward. Therefore, this paper aims to shed the light on the challenges facing DPI design and deployment in the context of SDN and NFV and propose a solution to overcome them.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2021 IEEE 23rd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 7th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 19th International Conference on Smart City and 7th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Applications, HPCC-DSS-SmartCity-DependSys 2021 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 1505-1514 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-6654-9457-1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-6654-9458-8 |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 30 May 2022 |
| Event | IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) - Haikou, Hainan, China Duration: 20 Dec 2021 → 22 Dec 2021 http://10.1109/HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/D53884.2021 |
Publication series
| Name | 2021 IEEE 23rd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 7th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 19th International Conference on Smart City and 7th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Applications, HPCC-DSS-SmartCity-DependSys 2021 |
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Conference
| Conference | IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) |
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| Abbreviated title | HPCC |
| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Hainan |
| Period | 20/12/21 → 22/12/21 |
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Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research has been supported in part by the BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC) project, funded by BT and Invest Northern Ireland.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
Keywords
- Deep Packet Inspection
- NFV
- SDN