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BUNKER: A Blockchain-based trUsted VNF pacKagE Repository

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Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services (GECON 2019)

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Current projects applying blockchain technology to enhance the trust of NFV environments do not consider the VNF repository. However, the blockchain’s properties can enhance trust by allowing to verify a VNF package’s integrity without relying (a) on a Trusted Third Party (TTP) for remote attestation or (b) a secure database. This paper presents BUNKER, a Blockchain-based trUsted VNF packagE Repository, intended to be integrated with traditional database-based package verification environments, acting as a trusted repository containing VNF package information. Moreover, BUNKER allows users to acquire VNFs without the need of a TTP using an Ethereum Smart Contract (SC). The SC automatically transfers license fees to the vendor once a VNF is acquired, and sends the VNF package’s link to the buyer before verifying its integrity.

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  1. Communication Systems Group CSG, Department of Informatics IfI, University of Zurich UZH, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050, Zürich, Switzerland

    Eder J. Scheid, Manuel Keller, Muriel F. Franco & Burkhard Stiller

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  2. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  3. University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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  4. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda

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Scheid, E.J., Keller, M., Franco, M.F., Stiller, B. (2019). BUNKER: A Blockchain-based trUsted VNF pacKagE Repository. In: Djemame, K., Altmann, J., Bañares, J., Agmon Ben-Yehuda, O., Naldi, M. (eds) Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services. GECON 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11819. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36027-6_16

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