A framework for large-scale modeling and simulation of attacks on an OpenFlow network

Author

Alcorn, Joshua A. ; Chow, C. Edward

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow have forever changed the landscape of computer networking. Researchers and leading IT corporations have been embracing this evolution in recent years, but greater commercial and industrial acceptance is contingent upon successful “real-world” testing. Testing which focuses on the stability and performance gains SDN/OpenFlow provides. One particular area of performance enhancement is the arena of network security via dynamic administrator control. This paper proposes a framework for large-scale M&S of denial of service attacks against SDN/OpenFlow networks. Beyond the M&S framework research of particular attack methodologies, large-scale tools, and an evaluation of their effectiveness is provided.

Keywords

computer network security; digital simulation; IT corporations; OpenFlow network; attacks simulation; computer networking; denial of service attacks; dynamic administrator control; large-scale M&S; large-scale modeling; large-scale tools; network security; software defined networking; Computer crime; Control systems; IP networks; Protocols; Servers; Testing; Denial of Service (DoS); Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS); EstiNet; Modeling and Simulation (M&S); OpenFlow; Software-Defined Networking (SDN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), 2014 23rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2014.6911848

Filename

6911848