Abstract: A network system includes a control unit, configured to inspect one or more live network packets including one or more live data packets and live service packets being transmitted through a network; generate a topology model for mapping the network based on topology attributes obtained from the live network packets; generate a live topology representing the network based on the topology model and the live network packets; and a communication interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to communicate the live topology to a device.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices to provide a transaction over a network. In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method includes: opening, through an enclave device, an in-band channel or an out-of-band channel over the network; authenticating, through the enclave device, a user of a resource over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel; facilitating, through the enclave device, an authorization of the user to access the resource over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the enclave device, over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to provide an end-to-end secure transaction over a network. In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method comprises opening an in-band channel or an out-of-band channel over the network; authenticating, through the control plane of a switch managing the network, a user of a resource over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel; authorizing the user, through the control plane, access to the resource over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the control plane, over the in-band channel or the out-of-band channel. In another embodiment, a switch to manage the network and to implement the method described herein is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to provide an end-to-end secure transaction over a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method comprises opening an in-band virtual secure channel (VSC) or an out-of-band VSC over the SDN; authenticating, through the control plane of a switch managing the SDN, a user of a resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; authorizing the user, through the control plane, access to the resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the control plane, over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC. In another embodiment, a switch to manage the SDN and to implement the method described herein is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices to provide an end-to-end secure transaction over a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method includes: opening, through an enclave device, an in-band virtual secure channel (VSC) or an out-of-band VSC over the SDN; authenticating, through the enclave device, a user of a resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; facilitating, through the enclave device, an authorization of the user to access the resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the enclave device, over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC.