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Subject : Computer Applications and Technology
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IJCATR Volume 7 Issue 8
Security in Software Defined Networks (SDN): Challenges and Research Opportunities for Nigeria.
Abdulsalam S. Mustafa, Donald Mkpanam, Ali Abdullahi
10.7753/IJCATR0708.1002
keywords : SDN; OpenFlow; Mobile Networks; Network Security; IoT; Big Data
In networks, the rapidly changing traffic patterns of search engines, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Big Data and data centers has thrown up new challenges for legacy; existing networks; and prompted the need for a more intelligent and innovative way to dynamically manage traffic and allocate limited network resources. Software Defined Network (SDN) which decouples the control plane from the data plane through network vitalizations aims to address these challenges. This paper has explored the SDN architecture and its implementation with the OpenFlow protocol. It has also assessed some of its benefits over traditional network architectures, security concerns and how it can be addressed in future research and related works in emerging economies such as Nigeria.
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Title = "Security in Software Defined Networks (SDN): Challenges and Research Opportunities for Nigeria.",
Journal ="International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research(IJCATR)",
Volume = "7",
Issue ="8",
Pages ="297 - 300",
Year = "2018",
Authors ="Abdulsalam S. Mustafa, Donald Mkpanam, Ali Abdullahi"}
The paper discusses the need for further research to address security issues in SDN
SDN decouples the control plane from the data plane through network vitalizations
SDN provides for a more intelligent and innovative way to dynamically manage a network
SDN also expected to manage inflow of traffic from internet of things (IoT) devices.