4.4 Generalized Forwarding

Video presentation: Network layer: Generalized forwarding. Match plus action. OpenFlow API.
Computer networks class.
Jim Kurose
Textbook reading: Section 4.4, Computer Networking: a Top-Down Approach (8th edition), J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross, Pearson, 2020.
See gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross for more open student resources.

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This class is very informative, and I am understanding a lot of the concepts thanks to you and your analogies! Thank you, sir.

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Generalized Forwarding and Open Flow in Router Operations
00:12 Generalized forwarding allows routers to consult multiple fields and take a wider range of actions.
01:27 Generalized forwarding expands matching and action options.
02:43 Generalized Forwarding in OpenFlow 1.0
04:08 Generalized Forwarding allows for flexible packet handling
05:22 OpenFlow rules enable firewall implementation
06:45 Specifying network wide behaviors with flow tables and SDN controller
08:04 Generalized forwarding allows matching over multiple fields in network and transport layer headers.
09:31 Match + action enables a wide range of network functionality.

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