Service Function Chaining security survey: Addressing security challenges and threats

M Pattaranantakul, C Vorakulpipat, T Takahashi - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm and it has attracted
considerable attention from both the industry and academia because of its potential to …

A comprehensive survey on low-rate and high-rate DDoS defense approaches in SDN: taxonomy, research challenges, and opportunities

S Karnani, N Agrawal, R Kumar - Multimedia Tools and applications, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Software Defined Networking (SDN) expands the networking capabilities using
abstraction, open-source protocols, energy efficiency, and programmable features for …

An in-depth look into SDN topology discovery mechanisms: Novel attacks and practical countermeasures

E Marin, N Bucciol, M Conti - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a novel network approach that has revolutionised
existent network architectures by decoupling the control plane from the data plane …

Security of topology discovery service in sdn: Vulnerabilities and countermeasures

S Soltani, A Amanlou, M Shojafar… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Network (SDN) controller needs comprehensive visibility of the whole
network to provide effective routing and forwarding decisions in the data layer. However, the …

Real-time link verification in software-defined networks

S Soltani, M Shojafar, H Mostafaei… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined networking (SDN) has been widely adopted in different networks, such as
datacenter and service providers. The SDN controller has the entire network view and is …

FTMaster: A detection and mitigation system of low-rate flow table overflow attacks via SDN

D Tang, C Gao, W Liang, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined networking (SDN) faces challenges in efficiently forwarding packets across
the network due to the limited capacity of flow tables in the switches. Ternary content …

Intelligent control in 6G open RAN: Security risk or opportunity?

S Soltani, A Amanloo, M Shojafar… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) framework, emerging as the cornerstone for
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Sixth-Generation (6G) mobile networks, heralds a …

Zero-touch security management for mMTC network slices: DDoS attack detection and mitigation

R Niboucha, SB Saad, A Ksentini… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massive machine-type communications (mMTCs) network slices in 5G aim to connect a
massive number of MTC devices, opening the door for a widened attack surface. Network …

Topology poisoning attacks and prevention in hybrid software-defined networks

P Shrivastava, K Kataoka - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The hybrid software-defined networks (SDN) architectures are beneficial for a smooth
transition and less costly SDN deployment. However, legacy switches and SDN switches …

LINK-GUARD: An effective and scalable security framework for link discovery in SDN networks

I Al Salti, N Zhang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging networking paradigm that creates new
opportunities for future generations of networks. The main characteristic of SDN is its ability …