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Master Course Computer Networks IN2097 - TUM

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Middleboxes often address practical challenges<br />

q� “Plenty of box vendors will sell you a solution…<br />

Whatever you think your problem is.” (Mark Handley, UCL)<br />

q� IP address depletion<br />

§� Allowing multiple hosts to share a single address<br />

q� Host mobility<br />

§� Relaying traffic to a host in motion<br />

q� Security concerns<br />

§� Discarding suspicious or unwanted packets<br />

§� Detecting suspicious traffic<br />

q� Performance concerns<br />

§� Controlling how link bandwidth is allocated<br />

§� Storing popular content near the clients<br />

Network <strong>IN2097</strong> - <strong>Master</strong> Security, <strong>Course</strong> WS 2008/09, <strong>Computer</strong> Chapter <strong>Networks</strong>, 9 WS 2012/2013 30

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