Blockchain Adoption for Monitoring and Management of Enterprise Networks

P. Helebrandt, Matej Bellus, M. Ries, I. Kotuliak, V. Khilenko
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Mass application of blockchain technology is becoming reality. Adopting blockchain to enterprise network is innovative approach. It brings novel solution for increasing network security and improved efficiency of network maintenance. Key feature of blockchain is storing data securely in encrypted chains of blocks. It is a distributed database processing continuously growing list of transactions. This feature makes blockchain extremely resistant to unauthorized modifications of stored data. Application of blockchain for network monitoring and management facilitates secure and distributed medium for configuration of network nodes. Furthermore, all modifications in configuration of devices are traceable in blockchain and configuration recovery after incident is rather simple and transparent. In this paper we introduce architecture for monitoring and managing enterprise networks through private blockchain. Using blockchain, any change is attributable to administrator as in traditional network management with AAA implemented, but in addition rollback to previous configuration is simple. Using blockchain instead of traditional network management approaches built on database, distributed nature of blockchain removes single point of failure and simplify management of distributed networks. Our solution utilizes blockchain for secure dissemination of configuration changes to network nodes. Proof of concept of our solution was validated with Hyperledger Composer in our Cisco Lab.
采用区块链监控和管理企业网络
区块链技术的大规模应用正在成为现实。将区块链应用于企业网络是一种创新方式。为提高网络安全,提高网络维护效率带来了新的解决方案。区块链的关键特征是将数据安全地存储在加密的区块链中。它是一个分布式数据库,处理不断增长的事务列表。这一特性使得区块链对未经授权修改存储数据具有极强的抵抗力。将区块链应用于网络监控和管理,为网络节点配置提供了安全、分布式的媒介。此外,设备配置的所有修改在区块链中都是可追溯的,事件发生后的配置恢复相当简单透明。本文介绍了通过私有区块链对企业网络进行监控和管理的体系结构。使用区块链,任何更改都可以归因于管理员,就像在实现AAA的传统网络管理中一样,而且回滚到以前的配置很简单。使用区块链代替传统的基于数据库的网络管理方法,区块链的分布式特性消除了单点故障,简化了分布式网络的管理。我们的解决方案利用区块链将配置更改安全地传播到网络节点。我们的解决方案的概念证明是通过思科实验室的Hyperledger Composer进行验证的。
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