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Towards Accelerating Intrusion Detection
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% ~5 M) H: y6 {+ o In the current paper, we present our work towards
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using FPGAs. Cloud computing and network function
3 }0 Z" Y6 Q- _7 a' kvirtualization have led to a new appealing paradigm for service 6 S! g7 k" Y/ f2 G
delivery and management. Unfortunately, this paradigm fails
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9 z: q( q* J$ o$ S9 s6 y, A( q1 W. dbetter communication platforms. Security as a Service can also K# ~2 Z# ~ b6 y' C! b" ^
be seen as a cloud-based model that needs to be accommodated
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issues to be addressed in this context is how to improve the 8 }2 _/ D) h8 L2 |: L% p
performance of such systems or services in order to make them $ ]$ W: p! ]0 r
capable of coping with the huge amount of data while 2 `+ U6 F! |% t1 F# X/ L
remaining reliable. A potential solution is the FPGA based 7 a* |- D' t6 e! O2 O; `
edge computing, which is a powerful combination offering
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0 X8 e6 L! l: B) u. Kbenefits. Indeed, our work focusses on devising an Intrusion ) y; B$ a/ M" z7 i! O7 ^
Prevention architecture called FORTISEC (40SEC), that is
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FPGA mode. Thereby, we present suitable algorithms, design ; `" H1 R {" O, B& n+ E0 H3 a
principles and well defined components towards the
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edge. We also present a testbed being utilized for the
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