I'm not sure if anyone has the same concern. But basically, NOX, same as
other controllers, provides applications ***UNLIMITED ACCESS*** to the
entire network configuration (flow entries, configuration, statistics,
etc.). Do you guys think it is a potential security issue, or at least a
compatibility issue? Because people might want to use third party
applications to build their own customized functionality, and nobody can
guarantee what weird things the module author is going to do to your
network. Or what if one application gets hacked by bad guys? They might be
able to have full control over the network.

It might sound weird at this moment. But it is probably becoming more
serious when people want to achieve more complicated goals through
combining NOX applications.

Just want to learn you guys' thoughts on it. Thanks.
-- 
Xitao Wen
EECS Department, McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60208
Phone: 1-224-420-0574
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