RINA is an emerging programmable networking approach centered on Inter-Process Communication. The PRISTINE project developed a software development kit for implementing RINA, specified policies for congestion control, quality of service, and more. It also developed the first specification and implementation of a Distributed IPC Facility Management System and prototypes for distributed cloud, datacenter networking, and network service provider use cases. Future work may include enhancing performance, security, and a management framework to support virtual networks and alternative network architectures.

1. PRISTINE
Programmability In RINA for European
supremacy of virTualised NEtworks
● Stein Gjessing, University of Oslo, Norway
@ictpristine

2. PRISTINE Background: RINA
• RINA is an emerging clean-slate programmable
networking approach
• Centered on Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
• Supports
• high scalability
• multi-homing
• built-in security
• seamless access to real-time information
• operation in dynamic environments

3. PRISTINE Background: RINA
Inter Process Communication (IPC)
Distributed IPC Facility (DIF)
Recursive Inter-Network Architecture (RINA)

4. PRISTINE: Main results at end
● Software Development Kit for the RINA implementation,
(building on initially developed one by the IRATI project)
● Specification and implementation of policies that address
congestion control, quality of service, addressing, routing,
authentication, access control and resiliency
● First spec. and impl. of a DIF Management System (DMS)
● Three prototypes for the three use cases:
distributed cloud, datacentre networking, network serv. provider
● First RINA Simulator.

5. PRISTINE: Results Oct. 2014
● Initial implementation of the Software
Development Kit (Linux Kernel) for a RINA implementation.
● Identification of the relevant RINA IPC Process components and
policies for :
• Congestion avoidance/control, Distributed resource allocation, Addressing
and routing, Authentication, authorization and confidentiality, Security
coordination within a DIF, Reliability and high availability and Network
Management
● Draft specification of a RINA DIF Management System (DMS)
● Set of draft designs of RINA-based solutions for the Distributed
Cloud, Datacenter Networking and Network Service Provider use
cases.
● Initial proof of concept implementation of a RINA Simulator

6. Future Topics / Areas
PRISTINE
 Specification of techniques to enhance performance and resource
utilization in networks.
 Specification of innovative security and reliability enablers to
support authentication, access control, encryption and security
coordination within virtual networks.
 Framework for multi-layer configuration, performance and security
management.
 Network architecture, protocols and interfaces that support
(distributed) applications.
 Deployment and experiments with alternative network architectures
(alternatives to the regular TCP/IP-stack).

7. PRISTINE
Questions ?
● Stein Gjessing, University of Oslo, Norway