Dynamic Network Policies Using Aspect Oriented Network Framework

Computer networks and network applications change continuously. New laws and policies are released constantly in every field. Many of these laws and policies have a great impact on network operations and applications. To support new policies and laws, network administrators and application developers perform many activities, such as changing application programs to support the new policies, downloading, installing, configuring, and activating the new versions of the application. In this paper, we introduce a new networking framework called Aspect Oriented Network Framework (AONF). AONF simplifies network management and dynamic policies support. By using our framework, organizations will better control their networks through easier management of organization policies. It allows the network and network applications to adapt dynamically to different organization policies. Furthermore, many of the network administration tasks can be automated and a higher degree of network transparency can be provided for network users.