Open AccessDynamic‐scheduling mechanism of controllers based on security policy in software‐defined network
Author(s) -
Qi Chao,
Wu Jiangxing,
Hu Hongchao,
Cheng Guozhen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2016.2670
Subject(s) - computer science , scheduling (production processes) , dynamic priority scheduling , software defined networking , network security , latency (audio) , distributed computing , security policy , software , computer network , computer security , engineering , quality of service , operating system , operations management , telecommunications
Modifying flow rule attack posts a huge threat to controllers in network operating system (NOS) for software defined network (SDN) due to its concealment. Based on the previously proposed NOS architecture with multiple controllers which introduce heterogeneity and dynamic to defend above attack effectively, its dynamic segment about dynamically scheduling controllers is explicitly presented. A dynamic‐scheduling method is put forward to maximise security gain of NOS during each switch. This algorithm is able to improve NOS security through altering its framework's diversity to maximum degree while considering switching cost and latency simultaneously. Theory analysis and simulation results prove validity and availability of the devised mechanism and its more effective security performance over traditional architectures.