@inproceedings{7be79efa8c5f4c628460eda0afed0878,
title = "ATTAIN: An Attack Injection Framework for Software-Defined Networking",
abstract = "Software-defined networking (SDN) has recently attracted interest as a way to provide cyber resiliency because of its programmable and logically centralized nature. However, the security of the SDN architecture itself against malicious attacks is not well understood and must be ensured in order to provide cyber resiliency to systems that use SDNs. In this paper, we present ATTAIN, an attack injection framework for OpenFlow-based SDN architectures. First, we define an attack model that relates system components to an attacker's capability to influence control plane behavior. Second, we define an attack language for writing control plane attacks that can be used to evaluate SDN implementations. Third, we describe an attack injector architecture that actuates attacks in networks. Finally, we evaluate our framework with an enterprise network case study by writing and running attacks with popular SDN controllers.",
keywords = "OpenFlow, SDN, attack injection, attack language, attack model, dependability, fault injection, security, software testing, software-defined networking",
author = "Ujcich, \{Benjamin E.\} and Uttam Thakore and Sanders, \{William H.\}",
note = "The authors would like to thank Jenny Applequist for her editorial assistance and members of the PERFORM Group for feedback. This material is based upon work supported by the Army Research Office under Award No. W911NF-13-1-0086. This material is also based on research sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under agreement number FA8750-11-2-0084.; 47th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2017 ; Conference date: 26-06-2017 Through 29-06-2017",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1109/DSN.2017.59",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - 47th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "567--578",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 47th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2017",
address = "United States",
}