Syllabus

Introduction

• Introduction to the course

• Architecture of network devices

Linux networking

• The Linux Network Stack

• Virtual networking - Networking in virtual environments

Software-based network processing

• Software packet filters

• Packet processing with libpcap/WinPcap (with source code example)

• Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF)

• P4 (prof. Mario Baldi)

• High-speed software-based data plane processing

• NIC acceleration primitives for networking

Software-defined networks

• Software Defined Networks

• OpenFlow

• Networks Functions Virtualization

• Netconf, Restconf, YANG, OpenConfig

• Network Automation

Seminars

Slides, when available, are on the POLITO teaching portal.

• Davide Miola, POLITO, "Assessing the Impact of Linux Networking on CPU Resources," Dec 1st, 2023.

• Riccardo Lucifora, POLITO, "Open source tools for observability - Netbox and Suzieq," Dec 1st, 2023.

• Paolo Fasano, TIM, "Software-Driven Network Operations," Jan 19, 2024.

Labs

• Lab 1: HTTP traffic processing with libpcap

• Lab 2: Network monitoring with eBPF

• Lab 3: Principles of Virtual Networking: Software bridges, OpenvSwitch/OpenFlow, Tunneling

• Lab 4: Software-defined Networking with ONOS