Security in Software-Defined-Networking: A Survey
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Zhen Yao, 
Zheng YanAuthors Info & Claims
Pages 319 - 332
Abstract
With the development of information and networking technologies, conventional network has been unable to meet the demands of practical applications and network users. A new network paradigm called Software-Defined Networking (SDN) was proposed and got public attention. By decoupling the forwarding and control planes and applying specific protocols, SDN greatly reduces the cost of network management. Moreover, SDN empowers network managers to program their networks with high flexibility. However, there are many network security issues with regard to SDN, which should be solved in order to ensure the final success of SDN. In this paper, we undertake an SDN security survey. We focus on analyzing SDN’s security problems and reviewing existing countermeasures. Meanwhile, we identify the future research directions of SDN security.
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ISBN:978-3-319-49147-9
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-49148-6
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Published: 16 November 2016
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