Topics: Area 4: Next generation and future Internet architectures; Area 5: Network and traffic management; Demo short paper
Authors: Steffen Gebert, Thomas Zinner and Nicholas Gray (University of Wuerzburg, Germany); Raphael Durner (Technische Universität München, Germany); Claas Lorenz (genua GmbH, Germany); Stanislav Lange (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)
Presenter bio: Steffen Gebert received Diploma in Computer Science by the University of Würzburg, Germany in 2011 and afterwards started PhD at the chair of Prof. Phuoc Tran-Gia at the University of Würzburg, Germany. His current research interests include: Planning of traditional multi-layer networks; Software-Defined Networking; Cloud networks and orchestration; Trade-off between hardware and software for network functions (NFV); Bringing software development paradigms into the network world
Abstract: Network virtualization is one classical use-case for Software Defined
Networks (SDN). By programmatically instantiating virtual networks,
traffic from one or more devices can be separated or connectivity can be
established as needed. S-BYOD, which is presented in this
demonstration, applies the SDN concept to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
scenarios and offers personalized virtual networks that are set up and
extended on demand. This is done once the user authenticates, activates
access to additional applications, or as soon as applications scale out
and involve more servers. The described proof-of-concept implementation
explores, to what degree an agent-less BYOD solution, based only on SDN,
can lower the attack surface by explicit user opt-ins for particular
services. Further, an assessment of the number of required rules within
the flow tables of switches completes this work.
