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Towards Accelerating Intrusion Detection 4 O8 Z4 |4 s3 z9 u6 _1 C
Operations at the Edge Network using FPGAs 4 c; e5 \) |# p! `
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+ f3 M3 a$ l" a6 E7 ?) l5 c" ^9 ] In the current paper, we present our work towards
: X- P+ \+ a! s, Vaccelerating intrusion detection operations at the edge network
2 x) S0 X3 `& J) f) Ausing FPGAs. Cloud computing and network function 4 S; E: S. Y4 g1 f+ m
virtualization have led to a new appealing paradigm for service ' ?0 {2 a9 M" N! n3 l1 L
delivery and management. Unfortunately, this paradigm fails 2 ]0 X, H/ L+ D# w% g+ M1 p7 l
to correctly support IoT applications and services that seek " ~0 C& b0 L- k5 T% }" e5 ~
better communication platforms. Security as a Service can also
- p; V4 P% R+ N: obe 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
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capable of coping with the huge amount of data while 4 d( q9 f/ k/ _5 @- |1 P
remaining reliable. A potential solution is the FPGA based
: ]- V7 b, {: S( F4 aedge computing, which is a powerful combination offering
# f# ^+ Z6 R8 s1 `4 S5 m# T. rFPGA acceleration capabilities together with edge and fog r1 ^) P$ g" C. X% H
benefits. Indeed, our work focusses on devising an Intrusion + A w S3 @* l. l f7 `
Prevention architecture called FORTISEC (40SEC), that is 3 _9 j; Q8 J3 {" m' c, |
meant to operate in a completely softwarized as well as in an - {6 d3 M, v3 y8 Z. x6 J
FPGA mode. Thereby, we present suitable algorithms, design
% { o( j$ i4 I+ L( }6 j, iprinciples and well defined components towards the
! d% ?- Y" z) Z$ |! d8 S5 y y! D9 Aimplementation of accelerated intrusion prevention on the ' f: Z) U+ ?1 Q
edge. We also present a testbed being utilized for the 6 e$ R o+ Z/ ~$ q6 i: g8 L* Z+ O
implementation of 40SEC and its performance testing.
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