Software-defined Networking (SDN) marked the beginning of a new era in the field of
networking by decoupling the control and forwarding processes through the OpenFlow …

Programmable data planes allow users to define their own data plane algorithms for network
devices including appropriate data plane application programming interfaces (APIs) which …

Traditionally, the data plane has been designed with fixed functions to forward packets using
a small set of protocols. This closed-design paradigm has limited the capability of the …

Programmable packet scheduling enables scheduling algorithms to be programmed into the
data plane without changing the hardware. Existing proposals either have no hardware …

Deploying machine learning models directly on the network data plane enables intelligent
traffic analysis at line-speed using data-driven models rather than predefined protocols …

Ripple: A Programmable, Decentralized Link-Flooding Defense Against Adaptive Adversaries
Page 1 This paper is included in the Proceedings of the 30th USENIX Security Symposium …

Programmable switch hardware makes it possible to move fine-grained control logic inside
the network data plane, improving performance for a wide range of applications. However …

Programming the network to add, remove, and modify functions has been a longstanding
goal in our community. Unfortunately, in today's programmable networks, the velocity of …

Controlling an opaque system by reading some" dials" and setting some" knobs," without
really knowing what they do, is a hazardous and fruitless endeavor, particularly at scale …

Network covert channels are an advanced threat to the security of distributed systems.
Existing defenses all come at the cost of performance, so they present significant barriers to …