The vast majority of current Internet usage is data retrieval and information exchange. As a resu... more The vast majority of current Internet usage is data retrieval and information exchange. As a result, the focus has been shifted from the current location-based system to an Information-Centric system, where information can be cached and accessed from anywhere within the network rather than from the end hosts only. To support this functionality, data must be uniquely identified regardless of the location. Current research efforts in the area of Information-Centric Networks presume the existence of a Convergence Layer protocol that facilitates the functionalities of forwarding, while data caching takes place on a higher-plane. Therefore, this paper proposes a convergence layer protocol, based on the Location/ID Separation Protocol which uses two numbering spaces for data. Unlike other Information Centric architectures in the literature, the proposed approach introduces new procedures to deal with in-network data caching and forwarding separately.
Security has been considered as the key concern of adopting cloud computing. This could be ascrib... more Security has been considered as the key concern of adopting cloud computing. This could be ascribed to the customers’ lack of control over their confidential data once in the cloud and to the absence of trust in cloud providers. Unfortunately, the research efforts in the area of cloud security have not yet succeeded to give the required ”peace of mind” to cloud customers. Therefore, in an attempt to figure out the main loopholes in cloud security, this paper questions the fundamental principles of the security approaches in the cloud. The paper highlights two main drawbacks; the first is due to a potential incompatibility among security measures, while the other is due to the focus on securing the infrastructure rather than the data itself. Therefore, the paper advocates the need for integrating information-centric security approaches, and hence presents a novel security framework that adopts both infrastructure and information-centric security services.
The vast majority of current Internet usage is data retrieval and information exchange. As a resu... more The vast majority of current Internet usage is data retrieval and information exchange. As a result, the focus has been shifted from the current location-based system to an Information-Centric system, where information can be cached and accessed from anywhere within the network rather than from the end hosts only. To support this functionality, data must be uniquely identified regardless of the location. Current research efforts in the area of Information-Centric Networks presume the existence of a Convergence Layer protocol that facilitates the functionalities of forwarding, while data caching takes place on a higher-plane. Therefore, this paper proposes a convergence layer protocol, based on the Location/ID Separation Protocol which uses two numbering spaces for data. Unlike other Information Centric architectures in the literature, the proposed approach introduces new procedures to deal with in-network data caching and forwarding separately.
Security has been considered as the key concern of adopting cloud computing. This could be ascrib... more Security has been considered as the key concern of adopting cloud computing. This could be ascribed to the customers’ lack of control over their confidential data once in the cloud and to the absence of trust in cloud providers. Unfortunately, the research efforts in the area of cloud security have not yet succeeded to give the required ”peace of mind” to cloud customers. Therefore, in an attempt to figure out the main loopholes in cloud security, this paper questions the fundamental principles of the security approaches in the cloud. The paper highlights two main drawbacks; the first is due to a potential incompatibility among security measures, while the other is due to the focus on securing the infrastructure rather than the data itself. Therefore, the paper advocates the need for integrating information-centric security approaches, and hence presents a novel security framework that adopts both infrastructure and information-centric security services.
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information-centric security services.
information-centric security services.