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Application level active network (alan) server management architecture

Réseaux actifs: Architecture de gestion de serveurs de niveau application

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This paper presents the details of the policy-based security and resource management architecture for Application Level Active Network (alan) servers.alan is an active network architecture which enables deployment of user-customised processes (proxylets), which enhance the existing services or introduce new services to the end-user, on the select group of servers in anip network. The issues of security and resource management in this scenario are of crucial importance so as to efficiently facilitate and control the resource consumption of user-specified processes on the active servers, as well as to protect the server platforms from unauthorised proxylet deployment or malevolent behaviour. The architecture allowing efficient resource and security control is presented in this paper, including detaileduml diagrams capturing the management functionality, as well as a set of concrete management policies for thealan scenario. The examplexml policies are also given, and the deployment of this architecture in real-life trials is described. This development forms a part of a larger management architecture foralan-enabled networks developed in the context of theist projectandroid (Active Network DistRibuted Open Infrastructure Development).

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Cet article présente une architecture de gestion des ressources et de la sécurité à base de règles destinée à des serveurs d’application dans des réseaux actifs (alan: Application level active network). Cette architecture permet de déployer des processus personnalisés (proxylets) qui améliorent les services existants ou introduisent de nouveaux services au niveau de l’utilisateur, pour un groupe de serveurs situés dans un réseauip. La gestion de ressources et la sécurité sont cruciales pour la maîtrise de la consommation de ressources introduite par ces applications personnalisées et pour la protection des plateformes sur lesquelles on ne doit pas pouvoir déployer des proxylets non autorisées ou malveillantes. Cet article présente une architecture permettant cette maîtrise des ressources et un bon contrôle de la sécurité. La présentation est faite à la fois sur un plan conceptuel en utilisant des schémas en langage unifié de modélisationuml et sur un plan pratique à l’aide d’études de cas. Ce développement fait partie du projet européenandroid (Active Network DistRibuted Open Infrastructure Development).

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Liabotis, I., Olukemi, T., Prnjat, O. et al. Application level active network (alan) server management architecture. Ann. Télécommun. 59, 108–129 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179677

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