Analysis and Consideration on Management of Encrypted Traffic

12/12/2018

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by   Pedro A. Aranda Gutiérrez, et al.

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There are two seemingly contradicting trends in the current Internet: increased deployment of end-to-end encryption and growth in the use of in-network functions to support specific services. Attempts to interact with or integrate middlebox functionality in end-to-end encryption environments has resulted in developments and standardisation contributions. This whitepaper analyses proposals for explicit middlebox cooperation mechanisms, as well as their impact on network operations to provide recommendations on how the stakeholders can constructively cooperate to provide a solution that can be widely accepted and supported.