Packet Injection and Dos Attack Controller Software(PDACS) Module to Handle Attacks in Software Defined Network

Abstract

Software Defined Networking technology is a methodology for network management which provides programmatically proficient network configuration so that performance of the network and monitoring is enhanced. Nowadays, most of the industrial control applications which are in need of fault tolerance makes use of Software Defined Networking technology. But the only open question in the research community is about the security of the Software Defined Network architecture. The Software Defined Network architecture is prone to attacks by malicious users which rule out the competent service level of Software Defined Network by consumption of resources in the data plane and affecting the network services in the control plane. PDACS is a software embedded to the Software Defined Network architecture to protect the controller. In this proposed work, PDACS will be simulated to effectively stop the attack and improve the performance of the controller under malicious attacks like packet injection and DOS attack. Zodiac FX switch, the switch used for implementing Software Defined Network in real time is used in order to connect the hosts and controller systems. Finally, it is ensured that PDACS will not compromise though there is high packet injection and DOS attack.