Towards secure and dependable software-defined networks

Software-defined networking empowers network operators with more flexibility to program their networks. With SDN, network management moves from codifying functionality in terms of low-level device configurations to building software that facilitates network management and debugging. By separating the complexity of state distribution from network specification, SDN provides new ways to solve long-standing problems in networking --- routing, for instance --- while simultaneously allowing the use of security and dependability techniques, such as access control or multi-path.

• CN
  Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

  Award: 2012-5
• FP
  Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

  Award: CMU-PT/RNQ/0015/2009
• FI
  FP7 Information and Communication Technologies