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Charting the Security Landscape of Programmable Dataplanes
Emerging programmable dataplanes will revamp communication networks, allowing
programmers to reconfigure and tailor switches towards their need, in a
protocol-independent manner. While the community has articulated well the
benefits of such network architectures in terms of flexibility and performance,
little is known today about the security implications. We in this position
paper argue that the programmable dataplanes in general and P4 in particular
introduce an uncharted security landscape. In particular, we find that while
some existing security studies on traditional OpenFlow-based networks still
apply, P4 comes with several specific components and aspects which change the
attack surface and introduce new challenges. We highlight several examples and
provide a first systematic security analysis