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Commercially viable active networking

Authors:

Stuart Eichert,

Osman N. Ertugay,

Dan Nessett, and

Suresh VobbilisettyAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Volume 36, Issue 1

Pages 8 - 22

https://doi.org/10.1145/844166.844167

Published: 01 January 2002 Publication History

Abstract

Active Networking is a new technology receiving significant attention from the research community. To this point, however, it has not been examined from the perspective of commercial viability. This paper presents an analysis of active networking issues with a view to its possible uses in a commercial environment. It then describes a prototype system built to address these issues.

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605697
Zaki MSobh T(2004)A cooperative agent-based model for active security systemsJournal of Network and Computer Applications10.1016/j.jnca.2004.02.00227:4(201-220)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jnca.2004.02.002

Index Terms

Commercially viable active networking
1. Networks
  1. Network architectures
  2. Network protocols

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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review Volume 36, Issue 1

January 2002

89 pages

ISSN:0163-5980

DOI:10.1145/844166

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Jochen MAnteneh APollock LMarvel L(2005)Towards the Safe Use of Dynamically Transformed Itinerant SoftwareMILCOM 2005 - 2005 IEEE Military Communications Conference10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605697(1-7)Online publication date: 2005
https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605697
Zaki MSobh T(2004)A cooperative agent-based model for active security systemsJournal of Network and Computer Applications10.1016/j.jnca.2004.02.00227:4(201-220)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jnca.2004.02.002

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