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Container Orchestration in Security Demanding Environments at the Swedish Police Authority
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The adoption of containers and container orchestration in cloud computing is motivated by many aspects, from technical and organizational to economic gains. In this climate, even security demanding organizations are interested in such technologies but need reassurance that their requirements can be satisfied. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how separation of applications could be achieved with Docker and Kubernetes such that it may satisfy the demands of the Swedish Police Authority.

The investigation consisted of a literature study of research papers and official documentation as well as a technical study of iterative creation of Kubernetes clusters with various changes. A model was defined to represent the requirements for the ideal separation. In addition, a system was introduced to classify the separation requirements of the applications.

The result of this thesis consists of three architectural proposals for achieving segmentation of Kubernetes cluster networking, two proposed systems to realize the segmentation, and one strategy for providing host-based separation between containers. Each proposal was evaluated and discussed with regard to suitability and risks for the Authority and parties with similar demands. The thesis concludes that a versatile application isolation can be achieved in Docker and Kubernetes. Therefore, the technologies can provide a sufficient degree of separation to be used in security demanding environments.

Abstract [sv]

Populariteten av containers och container-orkestrering inom molntjänster motiveras av många aspekter, från tekniska och organisatoriska till ekonomiska vinster. I detta klimat är även säkerhetskrävande organisationer intresserade av sådana teknologier men söker försäkran att deras kravbild går att möta. Syftet med denna avhandling var att utreda hur separation mellan applikationer kan nås vid användning av Docker och Kubernetes så att Polismyndighetens krav kan uppfyllas.

Undersökningen omfattade en litterär studie av vetenskapliga publikationer och officiell dokumentation samt en teknisk studie med iterativt skapande av Kubernetes kluster med diverse variationer. En modell definierades för att representera kravbilden för ideal separation. Vidare så introducerades även ett system för klassificering av separationskrav hos applikationer.

Resultatet omfattar tre förslag på arkitekturer för att uppnå segmentering av klusternätverk i Kubernetes, två föreslagna systemkomponenter för att uppfylla segmenteringen, och en strategi för att erbjuda värd-baserad separation mellan containers. Varje förslag evaluerades med hänsyn till lämplighet och risker för myndigheten och parter med liknande kravbild. Avhandlingens slutsats är att en mångsidig applikationsisolering kan uppnås i Docker och Kubernetes. Därmed kan teknologierna uppnå en lämplig grad av separation för att kunna användas för säkerhetskrävande miljöer.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. , p. 59
Series
TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2018:499
Keywords [en]
Application Isolation, Container Escape, Kubernetes Network Segmentation
Keywords [sv]
Applikationsisolering, Container Escape, Kubernetes Nätverkssegmentering
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-228531OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-228531DiVA, id: diva2:1231856
External cooperation
Swedish Police Authority
Presentation
2018-06-14, Room 1537,, Lindstedtsvägen 3, Stockholm, 15:30 (English)
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Available from: 2018-08-31 Created: 2018-07-09 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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