The document describes a methodology for testing network devices with IPv6 and dual stack IPv4/IPv6 configurations. It involves generating different types of IPv6 traffic including generic IPv6 traffic, dual stack traffic, traffic with security attacks, and malformed packets. Metrics like latency, packet loss and throughput are measured to evaluate how the device handles each traffic type and identify any performance or stability issues. The goal is to validate that IPv6 and dual stack configurations will perform as expected under real world network conditions.
This document outlines guidelines for measuring server load performance, security, and stability using various protocols and services. It describes 10 different load generator simulations to test web servers using HTTP, file servers using SMB, email servers using SMTP/IMAP and SMTP/POP3, and database servers using MS SQL and MySQL. The simulations involve sending requests to servers and validating the expected responses, such as status codes for web pages, successful file operations, received emails, and added/queried database records. The goal is to determine how servers perform under heavy realistic loads and identify any weaknesses.
LTE Testing - Network Performance, Security, and Stability at Massive ScaleIxia
Test LTE/4G networks and devices against the behavior of millions of users, calling, texting, streaming, emailing, spreading malware, and more. BreakingPoint CTM products allow you to conduct massive-scale LTE/4G testing quickly and cost-effectively.
For more information, please visit www.breakingpoint.com/lte
The document introduces BreakingPoint Resiliency Scores, which provide standardized metrics for evaluating the performance, security, and stability of networks and data centers. The scores are calculated by subjecting devices to real-world traffic loads and security attacks. This identifies weaknesses and determines how many users a system can support without degradation. The scores provide a way to understand how changes will impact infrastructure and to optimize resources.
White Paper: Six-Step Competitive Device EvaluationIxia
This paper presents a six-step methodology for conducting competitive product evaluations that provide advance insight into the performance, security, and stability of devices within production network and data center environments.
A Survey on Provable Multi-copy Dynamic Data Possession in Cloud Computing Sy...IRJET Journal
This document proposes and describes a new Map-Based Provable Multi-Copy Dynamic Data Possession (MB-PMDDP) scheme for cloud computing systems. The key points are:
1) It allows data owners to outsource and replicate dynamic/updateable data files across multiple cloud servers while provably ensuring the integrity and consistency of all file copies.
2) The verifier only needs to store and maintain a small amount of metadata (a map version table) to audit the integrity of all outsourced file copies, regardless of their number.
3) Authorized users can decrypt and access individual file copies obtained from the cloud servers using a single secret key shared with the data owner.
This document outlines guidelines for measuring server load performance, security, and stability using various protocols and services. It describes 10 different load generator simulations to test web servers using HTTP, file servers using SMB, email servers using SMTP/IMAP and SMTP/POP3, and database servers using MS SQL and MySQL. The simulations involve sending requests to servers and validating the expected responses, such as status codes for web pages, successful file operations, received emails, and added/queried database records. The goal is to determine how servers perform under heavy realistic loads and identify any weaknesses.
LTE Testing - Network Performance, Security, and Stability at Massive ScaleIxia
Test LTE/4G networks and devices against the behavior of millions of users, calling, texting, streaming, emailing, spreading malware, and more. BreakingPoint CTM products allow you to conduct massive-scale LTE/4G testing quickly and cost-effectively.
For more information, please visit www.breakingpoint.com/lte
The document introduces BreakingPoint Resiliency Scores, which provide standardized metrics for evaluating the performance, security, and stability of networks and data centers. The scores are calculated by subjecting devices to real-world traffic loads and security attacks. This identifies weaknesses and determines how many users a system can support without degradation. The scores provide a way to understand how changes will impact infrastructure and to optimize resources.
White Paper: Six-Step Competitive Device EvaluationIxia
This paper presents a six-step methodology for conducting competitive product evaluations that provide advance insight into the performance, security, and stability of devices within production network and data center environments.
A Survey on Provable Multi-copy Dynamic Data Possession in Cloud Computing Sy...IRJET Journal
This document proposes and describes a new Map-Based Provable Multi-Copy Dynamic Data Possession (MB-PMDDP) scheme for cloud computing systems. The key points are:
1) It allows data owners to outsource and replicate dynamic/updateable data files across multiple cloud servers while provably ensuring the integrity and consistency of all file copies.
2) The verifier only needs to store and maintain a small amount of metadata (a map version table) to audit the integrity of all outsourced file copies, regardless of their number.
3) Authorized users can decrypt and access individual file copies obtained from the cloud servers using a single secret key shared with the data owner.
This document provides an overview of various managed IT services including network services, load balancing, firewalls, intrusion detection, dedicated servers, OS management, patch management, server monitoring, DBA services, storage solutions, backup services, virtualization services, data deduplication, replication services, and cloud infrastructure. Key details are provided for each service type including supported platforms, features, and options.
MPX improves server scalability and client responsiveness for StarTeam. It uses a message broker to establish publish/subscribe messaging between StarTeam servers and clients. This pushes notifications and updates to clients rather than having them poll the server. It can also use cache agents to store and distribute file contents locally, improving checkout speeds especially for remote users. Major benefits include reduced server load, faster updates and checkouts, better performance for remote users, and support for larger deployments.
Capstone Presentation For Five Rivers Medical Centersdjackson134
This here is the final presentation of our Capstone project that team members Cheyenna Carson, Susan Worcester, and myself Dawonne D. Jackson completed to acquire our Associate Degree of Applied Science in Computer Networking Systems.
NtegratedSolutions requests $10,244.88 to purchase Kemp LoadMaster hardware load balancers to improve the stability and performance of their MyntCloud platform for Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013. The current load balancing solution is unreliable and the new Kemp load balancers would provide high availability and ensure optimal distribution of user requests across applications. Two Kemp LM-2400 or LM-3000 devices would be implemented in an active-standby configuration for external and internal load balancing needs. The proposal aims to deliver a better experience for MyntCloud customers through a load balancing infrastructure certified for Microsoft products.
The document discusses MC/ServiceGuard, a software that provides high availability clustering for HP servers. It defines key terms like cluster, node, package, and failover. It describes how MC/ServiceGuard works to detect failures and automatically transfer applications to backup nodes. The document also discusses considerations for configuring MC/ServiceGuard clusters when using partitioned systems like nPartitions and VPARS.
Fault tolerance performance and scalability comparison: NEC hardware-based FT...Principled Technologies
The document compares the performance and scalability of hardware-based fault tolerance provided by NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 servers versus software-based fault tolerance using VMware vSphere on NEC Express5800/R120d-M1 servers. It finds that when each solution ran eight simultaneous VMs, the hardware-based solution achieved more than twice the performance of the software-based solution, processing 2.4 times as many database orders per minute, and was able to recover from a service interruption with zero downtime.
Defend Software Puzzle against Denial of Services Attacks using a Countermeas...IRJET Journal
This document discusses defending against denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using client puzzles. It proposes a new type of client puzzle called a "software puzzle" that is generated randomly for each client request to prevent attackers from pre-computing solutions. The software puzzle would be implemented in a browser to make it transparent to users. However, existing client puzzle schemes are vulnerable to GPU-accelerated attacks since GPUs can quickly solve puzzles in parallel. The document aims to introduce a method to generate software puzzles that cannot be easily parallelized on a GPU to defend against such attacks.
Stratus Fault-Tolerant Cloud Infrastructure Software for NFV using OpenStackAli Kafel
This Webinar describes several ways of providing High Availability, Reliability and Resiliency in KVM and OpenStack for NFV. Plus a brief overview of Stratus' Software Defined Availability (SDA) - an elegant way of bringing transparent and seamless Resiliency to all VNFs without code changes
This document provides a summary of a network redesign proposal for XYZ Pty Ltd. The proposal includes:
- Designing a multi-area network with OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols to provide security, reliability, and scalability.
- Addressing the WAN with IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, including subnets for each site.
- Configuring devices with authentication, NAT, Frame Relay, ACLs, and a GRE tunnel to provide flexibility, security, and remote access.
- Recommending future designs incorporating high availability, fault tolerance, load balancing, and cloud services.
As organizations deploy converged infrastructure environments, entry costs play a significant role in hardware selection. Choosing a solution that provides easy upgrade paths when increased performance and capacity are necessary is another important factor. However, as our analysis demonstrates, it is equally important to consider the future costs associated with those upgrades. Selecting hardware based solely on initial acquisition costs can lead to substantially higher costs for future bandwidth increases.
We compare the total list pricing for each tier of the Cisco UCS solution and the IBM Flex System solution to highlight the differences in the cost of bandwidth between each environment. Not only does the Cisco UCS solution have a 22.3 percent lower initial investment cost, but the costs to increase bandwidth above the baseline configuration are significantly lower than doing so on the IBM Flex System.
Orange Creek Inc. is requesting bids to implement a new network infrastructure for their office in Lexington, Kentucky. The proposed solution includes installing servers, workstations, wireless access points, security cameras, and cabling. The project will be implemented in four milestones including installing core infrastructure, servers, a VoIP phone system, and integrating and testing the full network. The estimated total cost is $790,818.19.
Presentation to the Robotics Task Force of the Object Management Group (OMG) introducing the members to the Data Distribution Service (DDS), another OMG-standard technology.
View On-Demand http://ecast.opensystemsmedia.com/403
Repeat Success, Not Mistakes; Use DDS Best Practices to Design Your Complex Distributed Systems
RTI Connext DDS is a powerful tool that lets you efficiently build and integrate complex distributed systems like no other technology – if you use it right. Be aware of how to get the most out of DDS and how to avoid common pitfalls when developing your system. We've developed RTI Connext best practices over the course of hundreds of customer projects and many years. In this webinar, you will learn how to apply the best practices we have developed to use RTI Connext DDS in ways that will enable your system to scale effectively with optimal performance, while avoiding missteps that will cause poor performance, non-determinism and scalability problems.
This document describes a software as a service (SaaS) system called FloorVision that allows semiconductor engineers to analyze large amounts of manufacturing data online. The system's data pipeline automatically loads and links data from different stages of manufacturing, enabling powerful correlations between parameters. Engineers can access high-level yield reports and in-depth analysis tools through a web browser, allowing for global collaboration. Features include centralized data management, high-speed data loading, online sharing and saving of analysis, and alerting of unexpected results.
This document describes a software as a service (SaaS) system called FloorVision that allows semiconductor engineers to analyze large amounts of manufacturing data online. The system's data pipeline manages loading and linking data from different stages for powerful correlations. Engineers no longer have to deal with raw data loading or setup. The results are the fastest and most advanced tools yet for accelerated yield improvement and seamless global team collaboration.
1) The document outlines a network design for ABC Company to connect its headquarters in San Francisco to remote offices around the world.
2) The design includes VPN connections from remote offices to the HQ network to allow secure sharing of resources. MPLS is used to guarantee quality of service for multimedia files.
3) The network equipment required at each location includes servers, routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points to establish secure VLANs and connectivity between all offices.
The proposed solution provides a secure and resilient network architecture for JVVNL that connects various offices to a centralized IT center and data center. Key elements include MPLS WAN connectivity with failover, network and application security appliances, load balancing, and link load balancing to ensure high availability of critical applications and data. Centralized management and monitoring is also included for effective oversight of IT projects and infrastructure.
Closed Loop Network Automation for Optimal Resource Allocation via Reinforcem...Liz Warner
In this talk, we present a closed-loop automation approach to dynamically adjust LLC cache allocation (Intel RDT) between high priority VNFs and BE workloads using reinforcement learning. The results demonstrated improved server utilization while maintaining required service level agreement for high priority VNFs.
Karunakar Kondam has over 4 years of experience administering JBOSS and Glassfish application servers on Linux. He is responsible for the configuration, administration, and monitoring of these application servers, including tasks like JDBC driver and data source configuration, log file analysis, application deployment, and backup/restore. He has worked on projects in various roles for companies like Thomson Reuters, St. Mary's Educational Group, Wipro Infotech, and RT Informatic Services.
While IPv6 has been a defined standard since 1998, the end-user adoption of this standard is minimal. Less than 1% of Internet peers utilize IPv6 in the course of normal operation. However, IPv6 support within operating systems and network routers is becoming commonplace. While IT personnel continue to be focused on IPv4, IPv6 capabilities may already be active by default on many Internet connected systems within an IT professional's environment. These IPv6 interfaces generate traffic which can bypass traditional controls based on IPv4 technology. Although IPv6 is likely to eclipse IPv4 as the dominant Internet protocol, the path to this state is disorganized and unclear. This state indicates that as IPv6 gains inertia as a legitimate Internet protocol, IT administrators need to be aware of and manage IPv6 traffic on their network with as much vigilance as they would apply to the more commonplace IPv4.
Kevin D. Wilkins, CISSP, Senior Network Engineer, iSecure LLC
After coursework at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Kevin’s professional experience includes ISP and VOIP operations. Kevin has 10 years of industry experience in system and network engineering and platform management. In the last few years, a focus on information security has brought his experiences together into a consolidated viewpoint of enterprise-wide security policy and implementation.
Peter Rounds, Senior Network Engineer, Syracuse University
Peter has been a Sr. Network Engineer at Syracuse University for 11 years. He is responsible for maintaining core network infrastructure consisting of Internet edge traffic identification/management, Internet BGP routing and security profile management, campus OSPF and security profile management, and data center network and security profile management. He is responsible for numerous security technologies for the University.
This document provides an overview of IPv6, the latest revision of the Internet Protocol. IPv6 was developed by IETF to address the problem of IPv4 address exhaustion, as IPv4 addresses were being depleted. IPv6 features a much larger 128-bit address space compared to 32-bits in IPv4, providing vastly more unique IP addresses. It also includes improvements in routing, network autoconfiguration, security, quality of service, and mobility support. The document discusses the history and development of IPv6, its addressing modes and types, headers, communication methods, transitioning from IPv4, routing, and the future of IPv6.
This document provides an overview of various managed IT services including network services, load balancing, firewalls, intrusion detection, dedicated servers, OS management, patch management, server monitoring, DBA services, storage solutions, backup services, virtualization services, data deduplication, replication services, and cloud infrastructure. Key details are provided for each service type including supported platforms, features, and options.
MPX improves server scalability and client responsiveness for StarTeam. It uses a message broker to establish publish/subscribe messaging between StarTeam servers and clients. This pushes notifications and updates to clients rather than having them poll the server. It can also use cache agents to store and distribute file contents locally, improving checkout speeds especially for remote users. Major benefits include reduced server load, faster updates and checkouts, better performance for remote users, and support for larger deployments.
Capstone Presentation For Five Rivers Medical Centersdjackson134
This here is the final presentation of our Capstone project that team members Cheyenna Carson, Susan Worcester, and myself Dawonne D. Jackson completed to acquire our Associate Degree of Applied Science in Computer Networking Systems.
NtegratedSolutions requests $10,244.88 to purchase Kemp LoadMaster hardware load balancers to improve the stability and performance of their MyntCloud platform for Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013. The current load balancing solution is unreliable and the new Kemp load balancers would provide high availability and ensure optimal distribution of user requests across applications. Two Kemp LM-2400 or LM-3000 devices would be implemented in an active-standby configuration for external and internal load balancing needs. The proposal aims to deliver a better experience for MyntCloud customers through a load balancing infrastructure certified for Microsoft products.
The document discusses MC/ServiceGuard, a software that provides high availability clustering for HP servers. It defines key terms like cluster, node, package, and failover. It describes how MC/ServiceGuard works to detect failures and automatically transfer applications to backup nodes. The document also discusses considerations for configuring MC/ServiceGuard clusters when using partitioned systems like nPartitions and VPARS.
Fault tolerance performance and scalability comparison: NEC hardware-based FT...Principled Technologies
The document compares the performance and scalability of hardware-based fault tolerance provided by NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 servers versus software-based fault tolerance using VMware vSphere on NEC Express5800/R120d-M1 servers. It finds that when each solution ran eight simultaneous VMs, the hardware-based solution achieved more than twice the performance of the software-based solution, processing 2.4 times as many database orders per minute, and was able to recover from a service interruption with zero downtime.
Defend Software Puzzle against Denial of Services Attacks using a Countermeas...IRJET Journal
This document discusses defending against denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using client puzzles. It proposes a new type of client puzzle called a "software puzzle" that is generated randomly for each client request to prevent attackers from pre-computing solutions. The software puzzle would be implemented in a browser to make it transparent to users. However, existing client puzzle schemes are vulnerable to GPU-accelerated attacks since GPUs can quickly solve puzzles in parallel. The document aims to introduce a method to generate software puzzles that cannot be easily parallelized on a GPU to defend against such attacks.
Stratus Fault-Tolerant Cloud Infrastructure Software for NFV using OpenStackAli Kafel
This Webinar describes several ways of providing High Availability, Reliability and Resiliency in KVM and OpenStack for NFV. Plus a brief overview of Stratus' Software Defined Availability (SDA) - an elegant way of bringing transparent and seamless Resiliency to all VNFs without code changes
This document provides a summary of a network redesign proposal for XYZ Pty Ltd. The proposal includes:
- Designing a multi-area network with OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols to provide security, reliability, and scalability.
- Addressing the WAN with IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, including subnets for each site.
- Configuring devices with authentication, NAT, Frame Relay, ACLs, and a GRE tunnel to provide flexibility, security, and remote access.
- Recommending future designs incorporating high availability, fault tolerance, load balancing, and cloud services.
As organizations deploy converged infrastructure environments, entry costs play a significant role in hardware selection. Choosing a solution that provides easy upgrade paths when increased performance and capacity are necessary is another important factor. However, as our analysis demonstrates, it is equally important to consider the future costs associated with those upgrades. Selecting hardware based solely on initial acquisition costs can lead to substantially higher costs for future bandwidth increases.
We compare the total list pricing for each tier of the Cisco UCS solution and the IBM Flex System solution to highlight the differences in the cost of bandwidth between each environment. Not only does the Cisco UCS solution have a 22.3 percent lower initial investment cost, but the costs to increase bandwidth above the baseline configuration are significantly lower than doing so on the IBM Flex System.
Orange Creek Inc. is requesting bids to implement a new network infrastructure for their office in Lexington, Kentucky. The proposed solution includes installing servers, workstations, wireless access points, security cameras, and cabling. The project will be implemented in four milestones including installing core infrastructure, servers, a VoIP phone system, and integrating and testing the full network. The estimated total cost is $790,818.19.
Presentation to the Robotics Task Force of the Object Management Group (OMG) introducing the members to the Data Distribution Service (DDS), another OMG-standard technology.
View On-Demand http://ecast.opensystemsmedia.com/403
Repeat Success, Not Mistakes; Use DDS Best Practices to Design Your Complex Distributed Systems
RTI Connext DDS is a powerful tool that lets you efficiently build and integrate complex distributed systems like no other technology – if you use it right. Be aware of how to get the most out of DDS and how to avoid common pitfalls when developing your system. We've developed RTI Connext best practices over the course of hundreds of customer projects and many years. In this webinar, you will learn how to apply the best practices we have developed to use RTI Connext DDS in ways that will enable your system to scale effectively with optimal performance, while avoiding missteps that will cause poor performance, non-determinism and scalability problems.
This document describes a software as a service (SaaS) system called FloorVision that allows semiconductor engineers to analyze large amounts of manufacturing data online. The system's data pipeline automatically loads and links data from different stages of manufacturing, enabling powerful correlations between parameters. Engineers can access high-level yield reports and in-depth analysis tools through a web browser, allowing for global collaboration. Features include centralized data management, high-speed data loading, online sharing and saving of analysis, and alerting of unexpected results.
This document describes a software as a service (SaaS) system called FloorVision that allows semiconductor engineers to analyze large amounts of manufacturing data online. The system's data pipeline manages loading and linking data from different stages for powerful correlations. Engineers no longer have to deal with raw data loading or setup. The results are the fastest and most advanced tools yet for accelerated yield improvement and seamless global team collaboration.
1) The document outlines a network design for ABC Company to connect its headquarters in San Francisco to remote offices around the world.
2) The design includes VPN connections from remote offices to the HQ network to allow secure sharing of resources. MPLS is used to guarantee quality of service for multimedia files.
3) The network equipment required at each location includes servers, routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points to establish secure VLANs and connectivity between all offices.
The proposed solution provides a secure and resilient network architecture for JVVNL that connects various offices to a centralized IT center and data center. Key elements include MPLS WAN connectivity with failover, network and application security appliances, load balancing, and link load balancing to ensure high availability of critical applications and data. Centralized management and monitoring is also included for effective oversight of IT projects and infrastructure.
Closed Loop Network Automation for Optimal Resource Allocation via Reinforcem...Liz Warner
In this talk, we present a closed-loop automation approach to dynamically adjust LLC cache allocation (Intel RDT) between high priority VNFs and BE workloads using reinforcement learning. The results demonstrated improved server utilization while maintaining required service level agreement for high priority VNFs.
Karunakar Kondam has over 4 years of experience administering JBOSS and Glassfish application servers on Linux. He is responsible for the configuration, administration, and monitoring of these application servers, including tasks like JDBC driver and data source configuration, log file analysis, application deployment, and backup/restore. He has worked on projects in various roles for companies like Thomson Reuters, St. Mary's Educational Group, Wipro Infotech, and RT Informatic Services.
While IPv6 has been a defined standard since 1998, the end-user adoption of this standard is minimal. Less than 1% of Internet peers utilize IPv6 in the course of normal operation. However, IPv6 support within operating systems and network routers is becoming commonplace. While IT personnel continue to be focused on IPv4, IPv6 capabilities may already be active by default on many Internet connected systems within an IT professional's environment. These IPv6 interfaces generate traffic which can bypass traditional controls based on IPv4 technology. Although IPv6 is likely to eclipse IPv4 as the dominant Internet protocol, the path to this state is disorganized and unclear. This state indicates that as IPv6 gains inertia as a legitimate Internet protocol, IT administrators need to be aware of and manage IPv6 traffic on their network with as much vigilance as they would apply to the more commonplace IPv4.
Kevin D. Wilkins, CISSP, Senior Network Engineer, iSecure LLC
After coursework at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Kevin’s professional experience includes ISP and VOIP operations. Kevin has 10 years of industry experience in system and network engineering and platform management. In the last few years, a focus on information security has brought his experiences together into a consolidated viewpoint of enterprise-wide security policy and implementation.
Peter Rounds, Senior Network Engineer, Syracuse University
Peter has been a Sr. Network Engineer at Syracuse University for 11 years. He is responsible for maintaining core network infrastructure consisting of Internet edge traffic identification/management, Internet BGP routing and security profile management, campus OSPF and security profile management, and data center network and security profile management. He is responsible for numerous security technologies for the University.
This document provides an overview of IPv6, the latest revision of the Internet Protocol. IPv6 was developed by IETF to address the problem of IPv4 address exhaustion, as IPv4 addresses were being depleted. IPv6 features a much larger 128-bit address space compared to 32-bits in IPv4, providing vastly more unique IP addresses. It also includes improvements in routing, network autoconfiguration, security, quality of service, and mobility support. The document discusses the history and development of IPv6, its addressing modes and types, headers, communication methods, transitioning from IPv4, routing, and the future of IPv6.
This document provides an overview of IPv6, the latest revision of the Internet Protocol. IPv6 was developed by IETF to address the problem of IPv4 address exhaustion, as IPv4 addresses were being depleted. IPv6 features a much larger 128-bit address space compared to 32-bits in IPv4, providing vastly more unique IP addresses. It also includes improvements in routing, network autoconfiguration, security, quality of service, and mobility support. The document discusses the history and development of IPv6, as well as its addressing modes, address types, headers, communication methods, and transition technologies from IPv4 to IPv6 networks.
This document discusses building an IPv6 test lab to test network components and train staff on IPv6. Some key points:
- A test lab allows experimentation without impacting production and is recommended before IPv6 deployment. Components like routers, switches, firewalls need IPv6 compatibility testing.
- Typical components for an IPv6 test lab include routers, switches, firewalls, security appliances, remote access devices, load balancers, network management tools, servers, and client machines.
- The lab setup allows installing and configuring IPv6 services like DNS, Exchange, and web servers for testing and documentation. Remote access is also implemented.
- Careful testing is important after setup to identify issues
This slide is presented in Dec., 2013 as part of Triangle OpenStack meet up sponsored by Cisco System in Raleigh-Durham area, North Carolina.
We did proof of concept back in June, 2013 to evaluate IPv6 readiness of OpenStack as the initial step to make IPv6 and Cloud work together seamlessly.
After 6-week of intensive efforts, we enabled OpenStack Grizzly release over IPv6. Later on, we also successfully launched dual-stack VM in Havana release. This slide summarized what problems we tried to tackle and how we resolved them. The presentation is based on the whitepaper we published at:
http://www.nephos6.com/pdf/OpenStack-Havana-on-IPv6.pdf.
The ideas captured in this slide will be leveraged by OpenStack Neutron IPv6 sub team to fulfill mid-term goals suggested by Neutron IPv6 roadmap. The target release is IceHouse in April, 2014.
We will publish more white papers and slides when we reach next milestone. Stay tuned!
This document discusses the security of IPv6 and addresses some common myths. It provides a brief comparison of IPv4 and IPv6, noting areas of both similarity and difference. While IPv6 introduces some new capabilities like larger addresses and mandatory IPsec support, it also brings new potential security issues from features like stateless autoconfiguration. Proper implementation and ongoing evaluation work is needed to understand IPv6 security as attack surfaces continue to be explored. Transition technologies also introduce new vectors that require consideration. Overall, IPv6 differs little from IPv4 at the network layer, and securing applications and higher layers remains paramount.
This document discusses the security of IPv6 and addresses some common myths. It provides a brief comparison of IPv4 and IPv6, noting areas of both similarity and difference. While IPv6 introduces some new capabilities like larger addresses and mandatory IPsec support, it also brings new potential security issues like those related to auto-configuration. Proper implementation and ongoing evaluation work is needed to help secure both protocols. Overall, IPv6 provides capabilities but does not inherently improve security without diligent configuration and management.
A secure tunnel technique using i pv6 transition over ipv4 channelMade Artha
This document discusses secure tunneling techniques for IPv6 transition over IPv4 networks. It first provides background on the development of IPv6 and need to replace IPv4 due to limited address space. It then discusses three common approaches for IPv4-IPv6 transition: dual stack, translation, and tunneling. The document focuses on issues with the tunneling approach, such as one network attacking another or spoofing attacks. It proposes a solution using a test bed with two IPv6 networks connected via an IPv4 network and 6to4 routers, with outbound filtering to address security issues.
The document discusses the issues with Network Address Translation (NAT) and why the author cares about IPv6. It summarizes the key impacts of NAT, including that it prevents devices on the same network from acting as peers, relies on external hosts or relays, and is vulnerable to denial of service attacks and loss of state. The author argues that this goes against the intended peer-to-peer nature of the Internet protocols and that IPv6 removes the fundamental constraints of NAT by allowing nodes to use their own IP addresses and communicate directly.
This document summarizes Jeff Schmidt's presentation on Telstra's deployment of IPv6 for mobiles. Key points include:
1) Telstra implemented IPv6 to future-proof their network and address IPv4 depletion issues, using dual-stack and 464XLAT architectures.
2) Business drivers were addressing the growing traffic demand and enabling new technologies like IoT, while technical drivers addressed IPv4 depletion and inefficiencies.
3) The deployment included addressing and subnetting plans, network security designs, and testing multiple deployment models.
The document outlines an agenda for a 3HOWs event discussing IPv6 and MPLS technology. The morning sessions will cover how to deal with IPv6, including why it is important now due to limited IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addressing details, and how to connect to IPv6. The afternoon will discuss how to connect with MPLS technology, the benefits it provides for interconnecting offices, and actual customer case studies. Questions from attendees will conclude the event.
This document discusses the IPv6 protocol and the risks associated with its implementation and use. It notes that IPv6 is now automatically installed with many modern operating systems, but current network traffic is still primarily IPv4. This creates vulnerabilities as IPv6 traffic is tunneled over IPv4 networks. It also warns that a machine with no open services may still be vulnerable to IPv6 attacks, and recommends securing IPv6 implementations and configurations. The document concludes by encouraging contacting VIMRO for IPv6 security assessments to get a complete view of network vulnerabilities.
The document discusses several key differences between IPv4 and IPv6 that relate to security implications:
- IPv6 uses a vastly larger address space (340 trillion trillion trillion addresses vs 4 billion IPv4 addresses), making address scanning much more difficult. However, the large address space was not designed to prevent scanning.
- Techniques like neighbor discovery allow nodes to automatically configure themselves on the network, but this introduces vulnerabilities like denial of service attacks if not secured properly. Cisco technologies like RA Guard help mitigate these risks.
- While IPsec was originally mandated for IPv6, using it for all traffic can introduce scalability issues and impair network services and visibility. It is best reserved for specific high-value targets as with
This document analyzes and compares security threats in IPv4 and IPv6 networks. It finds that while some threats are similar between the two protocols, IPv6 introduces new challenges and opportunities for attackers. Specifically, reconnaissance attacks are more difficult in IPv6 due to very large subnet sizes, but certain multicast addresses may allow attackers to more easily find key systems like routers. The document provides technical details on differences in reconnaissance techniques between IPv4 and IPv6, and outlines areas for further research. It aims to help network architects, security researchers, and policymakers secure emerging IPv6 deployments.
The document discusses model-driven telemetry as an approach to network visibility and monitoring. It describes some of the challenges with traditional monitoring approaches like SNMP polling. Model-driven telemetry uses data models to push analytics-ready data from network devices to collectors. Key aspects covered include using YANG models to map native device data, encoding the data using protocols like gRPC and Google Protocol Buffers, and configuring subscriptions to stream telemetry data from sensors to destinations.
Packet processing in the fast path involves looking up bit patterns and deciding on an actions at line rate. The complexity of these functions at Line Rate, have been traditionally handled by ASICs and NPUs. However with the availability of faster and cheaper CPUs and hardware/software accelerations, it is possible to move these functions onto commodity hardware. This tutorial will talk about the various building blocks available to speed up packet processing both hardware based e.g. SR-IOV, RDT, QAT, VMDq, VTD and software based e.g. DPDK, Fd.io/VPP, OVS etc and give hands on lab experience on DPDK and fd.io fast path look up with following sessions. 1: Introduction to Building blocks: Sujata Tibrewala
Presentation of the Conference paper: "Empirical Analysis of IPv6 Transition Technologies Using the IPv6 Network Evaluation Testbed" in Tridentcom 2014, Guangzhou , China
Model-driven Telemetry: The Foundation of Big Data AnalyticsCisco Canada
This document discusses model-driven telemetry. It begins by explaining the origins of telemetry, noting its use in applications like military, medical, and networking. It then discusses telemetry use cases like network health monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning. Next, it covers challenges with traditional telemetry methods like SNMP and syslog being too slow, incomplete, and hard to operationalize. The document then introduces the concepts of streaming telemetry and model-driven telemetry as an improved approach, discussing how it is based on open standards like YANG data models, gRPC protocol, and protocol buffer encodings. It provides examples of configuring sensors, destinations, and subscriptions on Cisco networking devices.
IPv6 addresses security concerns due to less mature implementations than IPv4, with vulnerabilities yet to be discovered and resolved. Transition technologies increase complexity and potential attack vectors. Staff also have less confidence in IPv6 security. Organizations should assess IPv6 security risks, develop transition plans, ensure staff training, and work with vendors to improve robustness.
This document discusses simulating live cyber attacks and application traffic to measure the resiliency of a private cloud. It describes a case study of a pharmaceutical company, Pharma Inc., that wanted to test its private cloud resiliency. The challenges of legacy testing are discussed. A 3 step approach is outlined: 1) functional testing, 2) enhancing testing with load, and 3) testing performance and security under load. The demonstration and lessons learned focus on how this approach provided Pharma Inc. insights into optimizing its private cloud deployment.
Test LTE/4G networks and devices against the behavior of millions of users, calling, texting, streaming, emailing, spreading malware, and more. BreakingPoint CTM products allow you to conduct massive-scale LTE/4G testing quickly and cost-effectively.
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The document summarizes the BreakingPoint Storm CTM 4-Port 1GigE Blade, which provides a cost-effective way for organizations to test the performance and security of their networks. It can generate real-world application traffic and security attacks at line speeds on all four of its ports. While offering high throughput, it has a more affordable price point than other BreakingPoint blades. The blade can be expanded through additional license or interface blades to meet evolving testing needs.
Test 3G network performance, security, and stability at massive scale, quickly and cost-effectively against the behavior of millions of mobile users streaming video, calling, texting, spreading malware, and more.
Other test equipment providers sell LTE capabilities separately, but following our all-inclusive model, we’ve included LTE testing for every BreakingPoint CTM, existing or new. (All it takes is a firmware update.) The combination of such large-scale testing and our all-in-one pricing model drops the cost per UE to under $0.25. That’s right — less than 25 cents.
Contrast that to the $1,000 price tag mentioned above, and it’s not hard to see the impact it makes. The fact that we can now offer our customers the most cost-effective option of simulating millions of concurrent users with real application traffic (plus security attacks and fuzzing, of course) means that they can now validate their LTE network configurations at scale before going live. This is something they simply could not have done before.
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How to Test High-Performance Next-Generation FirewallsIxia
Testing next-generation firewalls necessitates simulating realistic network conditions to help you validate your enterprise firewall performance, attack detection and blocking while increasing stability and reliability under extended attack.
This document discusses the Cisco Catalyst 6500 ASA Services Module, a new security blade for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 switch. It offers the best performance per blade in the industry and the fastest single chassis performance. Known as the ASASM, it provides firewall, IPS and VPN capabilities with throughput of up to 16Gbps and over 300,000 connections per second. It simplifies installation of security capabilities into the data center network and offers better price and performance than competing solutions.
Testing firewalls can be an exact science. Learn how Fortinet tests their firewalls using BreakingPoint. This presentation details how to test firewalls with real-world application traffic, load, and live security attacks. This presentation was given by Fortinet in the BreakingPoint booth at Interop 2011 and included their announcement of the FortiGate 3950B's Resiliency Score of 95, the highest ever published.
BreakingPoint & Juniper RSA Conference 2011 Presentation: Securing the High P...Ixia
This document discusses securing virtualized and cloud environments. It notes that virtualization is becoming a common architecture for clouds, but security is a top concern for adoption. The challenges of securing virtualized environments are described, such as lack of visibility and difficulty with continuous enforcement. The goal is to enable secure clouds while retaining control. The ideal solution is described as using a hypervisor-based security architecture, with an engine embedded in the hypervisor, to provide granular security while minimizing overhead. Traditional validation approaches are discussed along with a proposed approach using BreakingPoint to effectively stress infrastructure and validate security under high load conditions.
BreakingPoint & Juniper RSA Conference 2011 Presentation: Evaluating The Juni...Ixia
The document discusses evaluating the Juniper SRX firewall through testing with BreakingPoint Storm CTM. It lists 5 keys to evaluating the SRX, including stateful traffic validation, performance under massive and attack loads, protocol decoding accuracy, and detection of obfuscated attacks. The testing uses real attacks, applications, and unprecedented traffic levels up to 120Gbps and 90 million concurrent TCP sessions to validate the performance and security of the Juniper SRX.
BreakingPoint & McAfee RSA Conference 2011 Presentation: Data Sheets LieIxia
The document discusses exposing myths and lies in data sheet claims by taking five steps to test networking equipment. It recommends using real-world attacks and applications in testing to evaluate a product's detection abilities under load, performance with live attacks and load, maximum capacity, and stability during extended attacks. This helps end guessing about data sheet specs.
Cybersecurity: Arm and Train US Warriors to Win Cyber WarIxia
Quickly & easily recreate Internet scale cyber war, interpret the results, and rapidly act upon cyber threats to:
-Train cyber warriors to defend against threats or neutralize the enemy.
-Harden targets – networks, data centers, individual devices.
This document outlines a methodology for thoroughly testing firewalls under realistic conditions to evaluate their performance, security, and stability. The methodology includes baseline tests of maximum connections, throughput, and attack mitigation against SYN floods and malicious traffic. It then tests application traffic combined with SYN floods and malicious traffic to evaluate how firewalls perform under blended realistic workloads. The goal is to more accurately reflect real-world performance compared to traditional testing methods.
BreakingPoint Cloud and Virtualization Data SheetIxia
BreakingPoint unleashes Internet-scale mayhem in a controlled environment to enable you to measure—with precision—how networks and the devices that support them will perform when faced with increasing user traffic, dynamic applications, and sophisticated attacks. BreakingPoint’s patented design unlocks the power of network processor technology to produce alwayscurrent,
application-rich traffic on a scale never before seen in a small product. Using these extreme conditions, you can quickly and cost-effectively harden virtualized security, network, and application infrastructures while optimizing delivery of services for customers.
Measure Network Performance, Security and StabilityIxia
The issues are clear. Liabilities associated with security breaches and performance issues are escalating unabated. Budgets are tight, requiring you to scrutinize every IT purchase. There is simply no margin for error, so you must know with certainty how every device, network, and data center in your infrastructure will perform in the face of current global threats and your own unique network conditions.
With BreakingPoint, the answer is now clear. With the introduction of the world’s first Cyber Tomography Machine (CTM)–the BreakingPoint Storm CTM–you now have the insight you need to measure and harden the resiliency of every component of your critical infrastructure against potentially crippling attacks and peak application traffic. With BreakingPoint you can find, for the first time, the virtual stress fractures lurking within your network or data center before they are compromised by cyber attackers or high-stress application load.
Breakingpoint Application Threat and Intelligence (ATI) ProgramIxia
The BreakingPoint Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) Program provides a comprehensive service and support program including frequent software and security updates, access to over 150 application protocols and 4,500 security attacks, and responsive technical support to help customers optimize the resiliency of their IT infrastructures through thorough security and performance testing.