Abstract:

Security related SDN architecture was investigated, including SANE、Ethane, etc., then current state on security requirement analysis in SDN was reported, which was separated into two parts, one was between application plane and control plane, and the other was between control plane and data plane. Subsequently, the mechanisms of security applications in SDN were discussed, especially the resolutions on application authentication and authorization using OAuth and ABFAB framework. In the end, a summarize in policy conflict resolution and security implementation were given.

Key words: software defined networking, security, authentication, authorization