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Software Defined Networks (SDN) are a type of network characterised by its separation of control and data planes. Control of the network’s flow paths is given over to a centralised entity (the controller) which has a global view of the network. The controller installs “flow rules” which are stored in “flow tables” in the switches to provide instructions on where to forward packets of a flow. The OpenFlow protocol (the defacto protocol of SDN) dictates that any packets the switch receives for which it has no rules should be forwarded to the controller for instruction. The controller then installs the necessary rules and the packets are forwarded.
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Weekes, J. (2017). Controlling Your Neighbour’s Bandwidth for Fun and for Profit (Transcript of Discussion). In: Stajano, F., Anderson, J., Christianson, B., Matyáš, V. (eds) Security Protocols XXV. Security Protocols 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10476. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71075-4_24
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