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Network Federation for Inter-cloud Operations

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Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS 2021)

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This paper introduces the NetFed network federation approach, which enables inter-cloud operations on the basis of shared overlay networks. This allows to match the particular application needs to the most suitable infrastructure provider. The agent-based federation approach utilizes WireGuard and GRE to deliver a flexible and transparent layer 2 or layer 3 overlay network, while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality. The evaluation shows that our prototype can be deployed to arbitrary cloud platforms and benefits from a low traffic and processing overhead.

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This work has been funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – 268730775 (OptSCORE).

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    Johannes Köstler, Sven Gebauer & Hans P. Reiser

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Köstler, J., Gebauer, S., Reiser, H.P. (2021). Network Federation for Inter-cloud Operations. In: Matos, M., Greve, F. (eds) Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems. DAIS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12718. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78198-9_2

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