Policy-Based Networking: Architecture and Algorithms

Policy Specification Languages

The high-level policies required for network management can be specified in many different ways. Among the researchers who are involved in specifying policies, multiple approaches for policy specification have been proposed. These approaches range from an interpretation of policies as programs to an interpretation of policies as simple entries in a directory or database.

From a human input standpoint, the best way to specify a high-level policy would be in terms of a natural-language input. You would like to specify the objective of operating a computer network in a simple English sentence such as "All communication between the research site and the engineering site needs tight security." Although these policies ...