A Review of Intelligent Configuration and Its Security for Complex Networks

ZHAO Yue; YANG Bin; TENG Fei; NIU Xianhua; HU Ning; TIAN Bo

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Yue ZHAO, Bin YANG, Fei TENG, et al., “A Review of Intelligent Configuration and Its Security for Complex Networks,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 920–947, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.001

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Yue ZHAO, Bin YANG, Fei TENG, et al., “A Review of Intelligent Configuration and Its Security for Complex Networks,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 920–947, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.001

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A Review of Intelligent Configuration and Its Security for Complex Networks

doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.001

ZHAO Yue^{1, 2, 3, 4
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YANG Bin^2
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TENG Fei^3
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HU Ning^5
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Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Chengdu 610041, China
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School of Computer and Information Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou 239000, China
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School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
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School of Computer and Software Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China
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Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Yue ZHAO was born in 1983. He received the B.S. degree from the North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, China, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2012. He is currently a Professorate Senior Engineer with the Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Chengdu, China. He is also the master student supervisor of the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China; the School of Computer and Software Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China; the School of Computer and Information Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China. His research interests include wireless networks and information security. (Email: yuezhao@foxmail.com)

Bin YANG received the Ph.D. degree in systems information science from Future University Hakodate, Hakodate, Japan, in 2015. He was a Research Fellow with the School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, from Jul. 2020 to Nov. 2021. He is currently a Professor with the School of Computer and Information Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China. His research interests include unmanned aerial vehicle networks, cyber security, and Internet of things. (Email: ybcup@chzu.edu.cn)

Fei TENG received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. She received the Ph.D. degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, Paris, France, in 2011. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. Her research interests include cloud computing and industrial data mining. (Email: fteng@swjtu.edu.cn)

Xianhua NIU received the B.S. degree in communication engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information security from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2006 and 2012, respectively. She is currently a Professor with the School of Computer and Software Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China, and a Post-Doctoral Member with the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. Her research interests include sequence design and coding theory. (Email: niuxh@mail.xhu.edu.cn)

Ning HU received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. He is currently a Professor with the Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Chuzhou, China. His current research interests include software-defined network and network security. (Email: huning@gzhu.edu.cn)

Bo TIAN was born in 1970. He received the M.S. degree in communication engineering from Southwest Communication Institute, in 1997. Currently, he is an Executive Vice-Director and Professorate Senior Engineer with Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Chengdu, China. His main research interests include cyberspace security and communication information system. (Email: tb_30wish@163.com)
Corresponding author: Email: yuezhao@foxmail.com
Received Date: 2023-01-01
Accepted Date: 2023-06-05

Available Online: 2023-07-14

Publish Date: 2024-07-05

Abstract

Abstract

Complex networks are becoming more complex because of the use of many components with diverse technologies. In fact, manual configuration that makes each component interoperable has breed latent danger to system security. There is still no comprehensive review of these studies and prospects for further research. According to the complexity of component configuration and difficulty of security assurance in typical complex networks, this paper systematically reviews the abstract models and formal analysis methods required for intelligent configuration of complex networks, specifically analyzes, and compares the current key technologies such as configuration semantic awareness, automatic generation of security configuration, dynamic deployment, and verification evaluation. These technologies can effectively improve the security of complex networks intelligent configuration and reduce the complexity of operation and maintenance. This paper also summarizes the mainstream construction methods of complex networks configuration and its security test environment and detection index system, which lays a theoretical foundation for the formation of the comprehensive effectiveness verification capability of configuration security. The whole lifecycle management system of configuration security process proposed in this paper provides an important technical reference for reducing the complexity of network operation and maintenance and improving network security.
- Complex networks,
- Intelligent configuration,
- Configuration security,
- Software defined network,
- Lifecycle management

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