No more middlebox: integrate processing into network

Traditionally, in-network services like firewall, proxy, cache, and transcoders have been provided by dedicated hardware middleboxes. A recent trend has been to remove the middleboxes by deploying the network services into switch/routerintegrated computing modules or separate server/blade machines. In this abstract, by using a web Ad-insertion application as an example, we demonstrate our in-network processing (INP) framework that orchestrates various computing resources and network devices and enables seamless and efficient deployments of network services. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Networks]: Network Architecture and Design General Terms Algorithms, Design, Reliability Keywords In-network processing, middlebox, controller

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: SIGCOMM
• Authors: Jeongkeun Lee, Jean Tourrilhes, Puneet Sharma, Sujata Banerjee
• Keywords: Communications, Hardware Middleboxes, Keywords In-network Processing, SIGCOMM 2010, Web Ad-insertion Application