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Gacks Secure Resource Allocation for GENI John H. Hartman University of Arizona Scott Baker SB Software Justin Cappos University of Washington Larry Peterson Princeton University Overview Secure binding of resources to slices

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Gacks

Secure Resource Allocation for GENI

John H. Hartman University of Arizona Scott Baker SB Software Justin Cappos University of Washington Larry Peterson Princeton University

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GSW 1/09 2

Overview

Secure binding of resources to slices
Infrastructure to support a variety of resource

allocation policies (e.g. auctions)

Allow distrustful entities to exchange resources
Different types of resource bindings:

– Permanent (owned) – Temporary (borrowed)

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GSW 1/09 3

Players

Slices – consume resources
Resources – consumed by slices
Components – provide resources

– Resource manager – enforces resource bindings

Experimenters – bind resources to slices
Allocators – allocate resources to

experimenters

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GSW 1/09 4

Gacks Architecture

Escrow service

– Secure resource

exchange

– Audit trail – Waist of the

hourglass

Allocator Allocator Escrow Service Resource Manager Resource Manager

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GSW 1/09 5

Resource Manager

Resources as first-class objects

– Named – Owned – Borrowed

Receipts enable auditing
Authentication based on GENI credentials

– (PlanetLab/geniwrapper implementation)