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Software Defined Networks – OpenFlow Channel Security and Efficiency

by Matthew West, Jihad Qaddour
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 181 - Number 48
Year of Publication: 2019
Authors: Matthew West, Jihad Qaddour
10.5120/ijca2019918659

Matthew West, Jihad Qaddour . Software Defined Networks – OpenFlow Channel Security and Efficiency. International Journal of Computer Applications. 181, 48 ( Apr 2019), 42-46. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019918659

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2019918659,
author = { Matthew West, Jihad Qaddour },
title = { Software Defined Networks – OpenFlow Channel Security and Efficiency },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Apr 2019 },
volume = { 181 },
number = { 48 },
month = { Apr },
year = { 2019 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 42-46 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume181/number48/30482-2019918659/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2019918659 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Jihad Qaddour
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Abstract

This paper assesses the resource costs of TLS in OpenFlow and puts forth a header format for channel communication that is more efficient and partially backwards-compatible. Resource usage is shown to be reduced by up to 19.36% with a TLS flag added to the OpenFlow header.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

SDN OpenFlow channel security efficiency TLS header southbound SSL PKI DS xid Mininet encryption