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An important challenge for smart grid security is designing a secure and robust smart grid communications architecture to protect against cyber-threats, such as Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, that can adversely impact the operation of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Dennis Agnew , Sharon Boamah , Reynold Mathieu , Austin Cooper , Janise McNair , Arturo Bretas

Software Defined Networking (SDN) brings numbers of advantages along with many challenges. One particular concern is on the control-plane resilience, while the existing protection approaches proposed for SDN networks mainly focus on…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Huawei Huang , Song Guo , Weifa Liang , Keqiu Li , Baoliu Ye

In this paper, we propose an approach that relies on distributed traffic generation and monitoring to identify the operational data-paths in a given Software Defined Networking (SDN) driven data-plane. We show that under certain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-10 José Reyes , Jorge López , Djamal Zeghlache

When dealing with node or link failures in Software Defined Networking (SDN), the network capability to establish an alternative path depends on controller reachability and on the round trip times (RTTs) between controller and involved…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-12-04 Carmelo Cascone , Luca Pollini , Davide Sanvito , Antonio Capone , Brunilde Sansò

Today's routing protocols critically rely on the assumption that the underlying hardware is trusted. Given the increasing number of attacks on network devices, and recent reports on hardware backdoors this assumption has become…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-02 Kashyap Thimmaraju , Liron Schiff , Stefan Schmid

The popularity of Software Defined Networks (SDNs) has grown in recent years, mainly because of their ability to simplify network management and improve network flexibility. However, this also makes them vulnerable to various types of cyber…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Osama Mustafa , Khizer Ali , Talha Naqash

With the wide deployment of network facilities and the increasing requirement of network reliability, the disruptive event like natural disaster, power outage or malicious attack has become a non-negligible threat to the current…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-24 An Xie , Xiaoliang Wang , Guido Maier , Sanglu Lu

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) allows to control the available network resources by an intelligent and centralized authority in order to optimize traffic flows in a flexible manner. However, centralized control may face scalability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-08-29 Benjamin J. van Asten , Niels L. M. van Adrichem , Fernando A. Kuipers

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is the next generation to change the architecture of traditional networks. SDN is one of the promising solutions to change the architecture of internet networks. Attacks become more common due to the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Mhmood Radhi Hadi , Adnan Saher Mohammed

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a novel architectural model for cloud network infrastructure, improving resource utilization, scalability and administration. SDN deployments increasingly rely on virtual switches executing on commodity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Nicolae Paladi , Christian Gehrmann

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been recently introduced as a new communication paradigm in computer networks. By separating the control plane from the data plane and entrusting packet forwarding to straightforward switches, SDN makes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-16 Marco Tiloca , Alexandra Stagkopoulou , Gianluca Dini

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new networking architecture which aims to provide better decoupling between network control (control plane) and data forwarding functionalities (data plane). This separation introduces several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Moreno Ambrosin , Mauro Conti , Fabio De Gaspari , Radha Poovendran

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are known to be vulnerable to backdoor attacks, posing concerning threats to their reliable deployment. Recent research reveals that backdoors can be erased from infected DNNs by pruning a specific group of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Nan Li , Haiyang Yu , Ping Yi

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has transformed network architectures by decoupling the control and data-planes, enabling fine-grained control over packet processing and forwarding. P4, a language designed for programming data-plane…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Anoud Alshnakat , Amir M. Ahmadian , Musard Balliu , Roberto Guanciale , Mads Dam

Network security is a critical concern in the digital landscape of today, with users demanding secure browsing experiences and protection of their personal data. This study explores the dynamic integration of Machine Learning (ML)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Pablo Benlloch , Oscar Romero , Antonio Leon , Jaime Lloret

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a novel paradigm that out-sources the control of packet-forwarding switches to a set of software controllers. The most fundamental task of these controllers is the correct implementation of the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Marco Canini , Petr Kuznetsov , Dan Levin , Stefan Schmid

In light of rising cybersecurity threats, data center providers face growing pressure to protect their own management infrastructure from Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. While tenant-managed cages generally fall outside the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Kartikeya Sharma , Craig Jacobik

Cyber-attacks have been one of the deadliest attacks in today's world. One of them is DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services). It is a cyber-attack in which the attacker attacks and makes a network or a machine unavailable to its intended…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Aman Rangapur , Tarun Kanakam , Ajith Jubilson

Currently, different forms of ransomware are increasingly threatening Internet users. Modern ransomware encrypts important user data and it is only possible to recover it once a ransom has been paid. In this paper we show how…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Krzysztof Cabaj , Wojciech Mazurczyk

Software Defined Networking (SDN) drastically changes the meaning and process of designing, building, testing, and operating networks. The current support for wireless net- working in SDN technologies has lagged behind its development and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-17 Muxi Yan , Jasson Casey , Prithviraj Shome , Alex Sprintson , Andrew Sutton