Virtual switching without a hypervisor for a more secure cloud

2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Management of Internet, Cloud, and Enterprise Networks and Services, Hot-ICE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jin, Xin ^a   Keller, Eric ^b   Rexford, Jennifer ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; VIRTUAL MACHINE;

MEMORY RESOURCES; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; NETWORK PACKETS; OPEN VSWITCH; PERIODIC POLLING; SHARED MEMORY; SOFTWARE BUG; SOFTWARE SWITCHES;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 85013843068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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