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

Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Alcorn, Joshua A ^a   Chow, C Edward ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   (United States)

Author keywords

Denial of Service (DoS); Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS); EstiNet; Modeling and Simulation (M S); OpenFlow; Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NETWORK SECURITY; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING;

DENIAL OF SERVICE; DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE; ESTINET; MODEL AND SIMULATION; OPENFLOW; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN);

DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK;

EID: 84908191685     PISSN: 10952055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2014.6911848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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