Design of security enforcement engine for active nodes in active networks

Abstract

Active networks are a new generation of networks based on a software-intensive network architecture in which applications are able to inject new strategies or code the infrastructure to their immediate needs. Therefore, the secure and safe active node architecture is needed to give the capability defending an active node against threats that may be more dynamic and powerful than those in traditional networks. To secure active networks, the security enforcement engine is proposed in this paper. We implemented our engine with security, authentication and authorization modules. Using this engine, it is possible that active networks are protected from threats of the malicious active node. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.