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SDIG: Toward Software-Defined IPsec Gateway

  • Wei Li
  • , Fengxu Lin
  • , Guanchao Sun
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The current IPsec gateway integrates many functions of IPsec operation, tunnel management and forwarding decision, which makes the IPsec gateway complicated in maintenance and deployment. The problem of maintaining such devices prevents IPsec VPN from applying widely. The emergence of SDN provides an innovative way to decouple the control plane and data plane. In this paper, a Software-Defined IPsec Gateway (SDIG) is proposed to achieve net2net IPsec VPN. Different from the traditional IPsec gateway, the SDIG device serves as a data plane equipment that just concentrates on exchanging IKE packets and encrypting/decrypting IP packets. A global view of SDIG devices can be constructed in the SDN controller by collecting the status of all devices. Therefore the controller can manage and configure SDIG devices centrally, and simplify deployment complexity. Outbound IP packets for the SDIG device can be viewed as a trigger to control the establishment of IPsec tunnels. The SDIG device and the controller exchange information through a customized southbound protocol. The prototype system of SDIG is implemented, and the preliminary experimental results show that the method is feasible and effective.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 24th International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP 2016
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781509032815
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Dec 2016
Event24th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP 2016 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 8 Nov 201611 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP
Volume2016-December
ISSN (Print)1092-1648

Conference

Conference24th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP 2016
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period8/11/1611/11/16

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