Title
Load distribution of an OpenFlow controller for role-based network access control
Abstract
Network attacks have been coming from not only outside of an organization but also internal networks in recent years due to malware infected clients and malicious insiders. Therefore, a firewall on the network boundary is insufficient for preventing such attacks. To prevent the attacks, we have developed a network access control system using OpenFlow. The system monitors whole internal networks and performs access control on the basis of Role Based Access Control (RBAC) on OpenFlow architecture. In the system, however, one problem is that the controller may become a performance bottleneck of the system for large scale network, because the controller monitors and controls all traffics in the network. In this paper, we propose an architecture which evaluates RBAC rules at OpenFlow switch side for load distribution. Furthermore, we evaluate its feasibility and performance, and show that the architecture can reduce the size of dynamically distributed rules by 93% in an ideal case.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2013
APNOMS
authorisation,computer network security,internet
Field
DocType
ISSN
Computer science,Network security,Computer network,Network simulation,Network architecture,Role-based access control,OpenFlow,Network Admission Control,Network Access Control,Distributed computing,Intelligent computer network
Conference
2576-8565
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takahiko Sasaki18012.05
Yoichi Hatano210.38
Kentaro Sonoda371.13
Yoichiro Morita420.76
Hideyuki Shimonishi512422.41
toshihiko642.57