A Testbed for Reconfigurable Network Security Research and Experimentation

Abstract

A novel reconfigurable network testbed has been developed, suitable for the implementation, testing and analysis of new and existing network-based defenses against various information attacks. The system is based on a cluster of reconfigurable networking nodes that can be configured to emulate an arbitrary network infrastructure. this novel testbed is the first of its kind to incorporate hardware reconfigurability at multiple network layers, integrating FPGA co-processing elements in both the network interface and routing infrastructure. The system supports emulation of combined hardware/software network-based defense mechanisms. The system has been built and is operational. To date, small test experiments have been performed to verify operation of the platform. Full-scale simulations are currently under development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 19, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513030

Entities

People

  • Douglas H. Summerville
  • Yu Chen

Organizations

  • Binghamton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Applied Computer Science
  • Circuits
  • Computer Network Security
  • Defense Mechanisms
  • Detection
  • Digital Circuits
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Infrastructure
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Machine Learning
  • Networks
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Software-Defined Hardware
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber