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原文传递 Utilizing Blockchain to Design an East/West Interface for Federated Software Defined Networks.

题名：	Utilizing Blockchain to Design an East/West Interface for Federated Software Defined Networks.
作者：	Tollefson, S. C.
关键词：	Algorithms, Internet of things, Language, Platforms, Security, Autonomy, Computer networks, Network protocols, Prototypes, Network topology, Computers, User interface, Computer science, Standards, Graphical user interface, Routing protocols, Operating systems, Trees (data structures)
摘要：	After many years of development, Software Defined Networks (SDN) have started to see mainstream acceptance. Considerable work has established standards for the northbound and southbound interfaces of SDN controllers, but much work remains on the development of an east/west protocol. In this research, we take security, autonomy, and privacy as essential requirements for an east/west interface. We believe that the properties of permissioned block chains, serializability, immutability, verifiability, and smart contracts, meet these requirements. Using Hyperledger Fabric as our blockchain protocol, we were able to develop a proof-of-concept for an east/west protocol on the ONOS SDN platform. We demonstrate successfully requesting a connection between separately managed SDN networks which leads to the installation of flows and data transfer between the networks. We further evaluate the impact of network latency on Hyperledger Fabric nodes to complete transactions; the results show a linear relationship between per hop network latency and transaction completion time.
报告类型：	科技报告