Resonance: Dynamic access control for enterprise networks

Ankur Nayak, Alex Reimers, Nick Feamster, Russ Clark

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Abstract

Enterprise network security is typically reactive, and it relies heavily on host security and middleboxes. This approach creates complicated interactions between protocols and systems that can cause incorrect behavior and slow response to attacks. We argue that imbuing the network layer with mechanisms for dynamic access control can remedy these ills. We propose Resonance, a system for securing enterprise networks, where the network elements themselves enforce dynamic access control policies based on both flow-level information and real-time alerts. Resonance uses programmable switches to manipulate traffic at lower layers; these switches take actions (e.g., dropping or redirecting traffic) to enforce high-level security policies based on input from both higher-level security policies and distributed monitoring and inference systems. We describe the design of Resonance, apply it to Georgia Tech's network access control system, show how it can both overcome the current shortcomings and provide new security functions, describe our proposed deployment, and discuss open research questions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Research on Enterprise Networking, WREN '09, Co-located with the 2009 SIGCOMM Conference, SIGCOMM'09
Pages11-18
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event1st Workshop: Research on Enterprise Networking, WREN 2009, Co-located with the 2009 SIGCOMM Conference, SIGCOMM'09 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: Aug 17 2009Aug 21 2009

Publication series

NameComputer Communication Review
ISSN (Print)0146-4833
ISSN (Electronic)0146-4833

Other

Other1st Workshop: Research on Enterprise Networking, WREN 2009, Co-located with the 2009 SIGCOMM Conference, SIGCOMM'09
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period8/17/098/21/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

  • Access control
  • Enterprise networks
  • Programmable networks

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