Principles of Secure Network Configuration: Towards a formal basis for Self-Configuration

S. N. Foley; William M. Fitzgerald; S. Bistarelli; B. O'Sullivan; Mícheál Ó Foghlú

Principles of Secure Network Configuration: Towards a formal basis for Self-Configuration

S. N. Foley, William M. Fitzgerald, S. Bistarelli, B. O'Sullivan, Mícheál Ó Foghlú

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Abstract

Abstract. The challenge for autonomic network management is the provision of future network management systems that have the characteristics of self-management, self-configuration, self-protection and self-healing, in accordance with the high level objectives of the enterprise or human end-user. This paper proposes an abstract model for network configuration that is intended to help understand fundamental underlying issues in self-configuration. We describe the cascade problem in self-configuring networks: when individual network components that are securely configured are connected together (in an apparently secure manner), a configuration cascade can occur resulting in a mis-configured network. This has implications for the design of self-configuring systems and we discuss how a soft constraint-based framework can provide a solution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IPOM 2006, 6th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	168-180
Volume	4268
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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