Wanted: Systems Abstractions for SDN

Authors: 

Sapan Bhatia, Andy Bavier, and Larry Peterson, Princeton University

Abstract: 

This paper presents a case for applying the principles of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to middleboxes and end hosts. The challenges of configuring networking on network hosts resemble those addressed by SDN – numerous multi-vendor components, each with its own syntax and idiosyncratic corner cases, must be orchestrated smoothly. We have developed a prototype called NativeClick, a novel use of the Click Modular Router language, to orchestrate Linux networking tools. NativeClick demonstrates that, while existing SDN efforts have produced insufficient Abstractions to cover a wide range of networking behavior, SDN-like abstractions can make host configurations modular.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {181948,
author = {Sapan Bhatia and Andy Bavier and Larry Peterson},
title = {Wanted: Systems Abstractions for {SDN}},
booktitle = {Presented as part of the 14th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems},
year = {2013},
address = {Santa Ana Pueblo, NM},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotos13/wanted-systems-abstractions-sdn},
publisher = {{USENIX}},
}
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