Luca Andreani | Searcharxiv

arXiv2025

Security-by-Design at the Telco Edge with OSS: Challenges and Lessons Learned

This paper presents our experience, in the context of an industrial R&D project, on securing GENIO, a platform for edge computing on Passive Optical Network (PON) infrastructures, and based on Open-Source Software (OSS). We identify threats and related mitigations through hardening, vulnerability management, digital signatures, and static and dynamic analysis. In particular, we report lessons learned in applying these mitigations using OSS, and share our findings about the maturity and limitations of these security solutions in an industrial context.

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arXiv2025

GENIO: Synergizing Edge Computing with Optical Network Infrastructures

Edge computing has emerged as a paradigm to bring low-latency and bandwidth-intensive applications close to end-users. However, edge computing platforms still face challenges related to resource constraints, connectivity, and security. We present GENIO, a novel platform that integrates edge computing within existing Passive Optical Network (PON) infrastructures. GENIO enhances central offices with computational and storage resources, enabling telecom operators to leverage their existing PON networks as a distributed edge computing infrastructure. Through simulations, we show the feasibility of GENIO in supporting real-world edge scenarios, and its better performance compared to a traditional edge computing architecture.

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