VFP: A virtual switch platform for host SDN in the public cloud

Proceedings of the 14th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 315-328

  Firestone, Daniel ^a  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLOUD NETWORKINGS; FLOW PROCESSING; NETWORK POLICY; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICY-BASED; PUBLIC CLOUDS; VIRTUAL NETWORKS;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 85076919358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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