On the performance of reliable server pooling systems

Dreibholz, Thomas; Rathgeb, Erwin P.

doi:10.1109/lcn.2005.98

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“…The PR selects the requested list of PE identities by applying a pool-specific selection rule, called pool policy. RSerPool supports two classes of load distribution policies: non-adaptive and adaptive algorithms [4]. While adaptive strategies base their assignment decisions on the current status of the processing elements (which of course requires up-to-date states), non-adaptive algorithms do not need such data.…”

Section: Components and Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There has already been some research on the performance of RSerPool usage for applications like SCTP-based mobility [20], VoIP with SIP [21], web server pools [10], IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) [22], real-time distributed computing [10,4] and battlefield networks [23]. A generic application model for RSerPool systems has been introduced by [4], including performance metrics for the provider side (pool utilization) and user side (request handling speed). Based on this model, the load balancing quality of different pool policies has been evaluated [4,10].…”

Section: Application Scenariosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A generic application model for RSerPool systems has been introduced by [4], including performance metrics for the provider side (pool utilization) and user side (request handling speed). Based on this model, the load balancing quality of different pool policies has been evaluated [4,10].…”

Section: Application Scenariosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…80%. That is, by setting any two of the parameters (PU:PE ratio, request interval and request size), the value of the third one can be calculated using equation 2 (see [4,10] for details).…”

Section: Quantifying a Rserpool Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While there have already been a number of publications on the performance of RSerPool for load balancing [4] and server failure handling [5], there has not yet been any research on security and robustness. SCTP already protects against simple flooding attacks [6] and the Internet Drafts [7] of RSerPool mandatorily require using mechanisms like TLS [8] or IPSEC [9] in order to ensure authenticity, integrity and confidentiality.…”

Section: Introduction and Scopementioning

confidence: 99%

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On Robustness and Countermeasures of Reliable Server Pooling Systems Against Denial of Service Attacks

Dreibholz

Rathgeb

Zhou

2008

NETWORKING 2008 Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Wireless Networks, Next Generation Internet

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Abstract. The Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) architecture is the IETF's novel approach to standardize a light-weight protocol framework for server redundancy and session failover. It combines ideas from different research areas into a single, resource-efficient and unified architecture. While there have already been a number of contributions on the performance of RSerPool for its main tasks -pool management, load distribution and failover handling -the robustness of the protocol framework has not yet been evaluated against intentional attacks.The first goal of this paper is to provide a robustness analysis. In particular, we would like to outline the attack bandwidth necessary for a significant impact on the service. Furthermore, we present and evaluate our countermeasure approach to significantly reduce the impact of attacks.

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Section: Components and Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%