Exploration of cloud computing late start LDRD #149630 : Raincoat. v. 2.1.

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1007315· OSTI ID:1007315

Echeverria, Victor T; Metral, Michael David; Leger, Michelle A; Gabert, Kasimir Georg; Edgett, Patrick Garrett; Thai, Tan Q

This report contains documentation from an interoperability study conducted under the Late Start LDRD 149630, Exploration of Cloud Computing. A small late-start LDRD from last year resulted in a study (Raincoat) on using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to enhance security in a hybrid cloud environment. Raincoat initially explored the use of OpenVPN on IPv4 and demonstrates that it is possible to secure the communication channel between two small 'test' clouds (a few nodes each) at New Mexico Tech and Sandia. We extended the Raincoat study to add IPSec support via Vyatta routers, to interface with a public cloud (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)), and to be significantly more scalable than the previous iteration. The study contributed to our understanding of interoperability in a hybrid cloud.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1007315
• Report Number(s): SAND2010-6339; TRN: US201106%%894
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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