Guide to Reliable Internet Services and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction and Reliable Network Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Challenges of Building Reliable Networks and Networked Application Services

      • Charles R. Kalmanek, Y. Richard Yang

      Pages 3-17

   3. Structural Overview of ISP Networks

      • Robert D. Doverspike, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Chris Chase

      Pages 19-93

3. Reliability Modeling and Network Planning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 96-96

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   2. Reliability Metrics for Routers in IP Networks

      • Yaakov Kogan

      Pages 97-112

   3. Network Performability Evaluation

      • Kostas N. Oikonomou

      Pages 113-135

   4. Robust Network Planning

      • Matthew Roughan

      Pages 137-177

4. Interdomain Reliability and Overlay Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 180-180

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   2. Interdomain Routing and Reliability

      • Feng Wang, Lixin Gao

      Pages 181-220

   3. Overlay Networking and Resiliency

      • Bobby Bhattacharjee, Michael Rabinovich

      Pages 221-251

5. Configuration Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 254-254

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   2. Network Configuration Management

      • Brian D. Freeman

      Pages 255-275

   3. Network Configuration Validation

      • Sanjai Narain, Rajesh Talpade, Gary Levin

      Pages 277-316

6. Network Measurement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 318-318

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   2. Measurements of Data Plane Reliability and Performance

      • Nick Duffield, Al Morton

      Pages 319-355

   3. Measurements of Control Plane Reliability and Performance

      • Lee Breslau, Aman Shaikh

      Pages 357-394

7. Network and Security Management, and Disaster Preparedness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 396-396

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   2. Network Management: Fault Management, Performance Management, and Planned Maintenance

      • Jennifer M. Yates, Zihui Ge

      Pages 397-445

   3. Network Security – A Service Provider View

      • Brian Rexroad, Jacobus Van der Merwe

      Pages 447-515

An oft-repeated adage among telecommunication providers goes, “There are ve things that matter: reliability, reliability, reliability, time to market, and cost. If you can’t do all ve, at least do the rst three. ” Yet, designing and operating reliable networks and services is a Herculean task. Building truly reliable components is unacceptably expensive, forcing us to c- struct reliable systems out of unreliable components. The resulting systems are inherently complex, consisting of many different kinds of components running a variety of different protocols that interact in subtle ways. Inter-networkssuch as the Internet span multiple regions of administrative control, from campus and cor- rate networks to Internet Service Providers, making good end-to-end performance a shared responsibility borne by sometimes uncooperative parties. Moreover, these networks consist not only of routers, but also lower-layer devices such as optical switches and higher-layer components such as rewalls and proxies. And, these components are highly con gurable, leaving ample room for operator error and buggy software. As if that were not dif cult enough, end users understandably care about the performance of their higher-level applications, which has a complicated relationship with the behavior of the underlying network. Despite these challenges, researchers and practitioners alike have made trem- dous strides in improving the reliability of modern networks and services.

• Internet
• Internet Applications
• Network Architecture and Design
• Network Management and Operations
• Overlay
• Reliability and Disaster Recovery
• Router
• Routing
• Service Management
• metrics
• network management

• AT & T Labs Research, Florham Park, USA

  Charles R. Kalmanek

• , School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

  Sudip Misra

• Dept. Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, USA

  Yang (Richard) Yang

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