ResiliNets:
Resilience and Survivability for the Future Internet aims to discover and analyse fundamental new mechanisms that will increase the resilience of the Future Internet. We are performing theoretical and experimental research to increase the resilience, survivability, and dependability of networks based on a strategy that we call D2R2 + DR: defend, detect, remediate, recover + diagnose, and refine; this strategy guides the design of the Resilient Future Internet.
What problem does it seek to solve?
The current Internet is insecure and fragile, meaning that it is susceptible to significant disruption when attacked or challenged by natural disasters. ResiliNets is developing new algorithms, mechanisms, and protocols that will help the Internet defend itself, detect when defences have been penetrated, remediate to continue to deliver services to users, and recover back to normal operation. We seek to understand the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the current architecture and are developing new approaches to significantly harden the Future Internet.
How will it make a difference in the future?
Individuals, businesses, governments, and society that increasingly depend on the Internet are adversely affected when its service is disrupted by attacks and large-scale disasters. ResiliNets is exploring mechanisms that can be deployed in the near term to improve society’s security and well-being, as well as long-term architectural solutions that will be needed for a trustworthy network environment that expands to pervasive computing and networking in our homes and vehicles. Without such advances, intrusions and disruptions from attackers and criminals will become increasingly common, and threaten the well-being of society.
ResiliNets is a collaborative research initiative between InfoLab21 at Lancaster University in the UK led by Prof. David Hutchison and the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center at The University of Kansas in the US led by Prof. James P.G. Sterbenz. The ResiliNets initiative is a core member of two international collaborations: the EU FP7 FIRE ResumeNet resilience project and the US NSF GpENI research infrastructure project. More information on ResiliNets is available at wiki.ittc.ku.edu/resilinets, on ResumeNet at www.resumenet.eu, and on GpENI at www.gpeni.net.