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Extending Network Security into Virtualized Infrastructure

Published

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-125B, "Secure Virtual Network Configuration for Virtual Machine (VM) Protection." That publication provides an analysis of various virtual network configuration options for protection of VMs and to present recommendations based on the analysis.
Citation
ITL Bulletin - June 2016
Report Number
June 2016

Keywords

overlay network, virtual firewall, virtual machine, virtual network segmentation, VLAN

Citation

Chandramouli, R. , Feldman, L. and Witte, G. (2016), Extending Network Security into Virtualized Infrastructure, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=921051 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created June 3, 2016, Updated February 19, 2017