Abstract
Network monitoring is vital to the administration and operation of networks, but it requires privileged access that only highly trusted parties are granted. This severely limits the opportunity for external parties, such as service or equipment providers, auditors, or even clients, to measure the health or operation of a network in which they are stakeholders, but do not have access to its internal structure.
In this position paper we propose the use of middleboxes to open up network monitoring to external parties using privacy-preserving technology. This will allow distrusted parties to make more inferences about the network state than currently possible, without learning any precise information about the network or the data that crosses it.
Thus the state of the network will be more transparent to external stakeholders, who will be empowered to verify claims made by network operators. Network operators will be able to provide more information about their network without compromising security or privacy.
In this position paper we propose the use of middleboxes to open up network monitoring to external parties using privacy-preserving technology. This will allow distrusted parties to make more inferences about the network state than currently possible, without learning any precise information about the network or the data that crosses it.
Thus the state of the network will be more transparent to external stakeholders, who will be empowered to verify claims made by network operators. Network operators will be able to provide more information about their network without compromising security or privacy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot topics in Middleboxes and Network Function Virtualization, HotMiddlebox@SIGCOMM 2016, Florianopolis, Brazil, August, 2016 |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-4424-1 |
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Publication status | Published - 22 Aug 2016 |
Event | ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Middleboxes and Network Function Virtualization - Florianopolis, Brazil Duration: 26 Aug 2016 → … https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2016/hotmiddlebox.php |
Workshop
Workshop | ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Middleboxes and Network Function Virtualization |
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Abbreviated title | HotMiddlebox 2016 |
Country/Territory | Brazil |
City | Florianopolis |
Period | 26/08/16 → … |
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