Formal Reasoning in Software-defined Networks
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Author
Reitblatt, Mark
Abstract
This thesis presents an end-to-end approach for building computer networks that can be reasoned about and verified formally. In it, we present a high-level specification language for describing the desired forwarding behavior of networks based on regular expressions over network paths, as well as a tool that automatically verifies network forwarding policies; an approach to building formally verified compilers and runtimes for forwarding policies written in a network programming language that preserve the semantics of the source policy; and a technique for updating network configurations while preserving correctness.
Date Issued
2017-01-30
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Committee Chair
Foster, John N.
Committee Member
Sirer, Emin G.
Kozen, Dexter Campbell
Degree Discipline
Computer Science
Degree Name
Ph. D., Computer Science
Degree Level
Doctor of Philosophy
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type
dissertation or thesis