01.17.07

Simulation Metanetwork, CSE570 Final Project

Posted in General at 9:59 am by harri

Hi all, I thought I’d post my final project for the CSE570 course. I’m doing this because I think it’s not too shabby , but also because I’d be interested if other members of Class CSE570 of ‘06 were to post theirs. I’m sure it makes good reading, but on a more selfish note I had to leave before the 18th so I missed presentations on that day. So to kick off the dare, here is mine: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~harri/stuff/SimulationMetanet.pdf

Professor Turner has me sold on Internet diversification, especially if the vendors of Network Processors were to add Micro-engine isolation measures such as those found in the Cell processor, http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-cellsecurity/ (assuming whatever proprietary baked-in-key-management scheme they use makes sense). A crucial enabler for automated resource allocation of routers, links and such is a robust security scheme, to enable allocation software to verify the trustworthiness of prospective resource providers. Dr. Turner outlined a scheme, based on a well-known trusted root key and cryptographic delegation.

I wonder, though, if it all comes to fruition, whether the resource allocation and verification needs of applications could not be met by the same mechanism? Somehow it seems likely to me (although I may well be mistaken) that providers of network resources would like to up-sell application hosting space as well, since they could offer packages of hosts along with good network connectivity and guarantees about the package’s availability as a whole. Given a scheme for vetting links and routers, it would seem easy to handle hosts as well. This may all be a part of the plan already, but I wanted to raise the point.

Harri

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