Formal modeling and verification of SDN-OpenFlow

Miyoung Kang; Eun Young Kang; Dae Yon Hwang; Beom Jin Kim; Ki Hyuk Nam; Myung Ki Shin; Jin Young Choi

doi:10.1109/ICST.2013.69

Formal modeling and verification of SDN-OpenFlow

Miyoung Kang, Eun Young Kang, Dae Yon Hwang, Beom Jin Kim, Ki Hyuk Nam, Myung Ki Shin, Jin Young Choi

School of Cybersecurity

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Abstract

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network architecture where a controller manages flow control to enable intelligent networking. Currently, a popular specification for creating an SDN is an open standard called OpenFlow. The behavior of the SDN OpenFlow (SDN-OF) is critical to the safety of the network system and its correctness must be proven so as to avoid system failures. In this paper, we report our experience in applying formal techniques for modeling and analysis of SDN-OF. The formal model of SDN-OF is described in detail and its correctness is formalized in logical formulas based on the informal specification. The desired properties are verified over the model using VERSA and UPPAAL. Our work-in-progressinvolves the development of a model translation tool that facilitates automatic conversion of the verified model to Python for modular code synthesis on the application platform

Original language	English
Pages	481-482
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICST.2013.69
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	IEEE 6th International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, ICST 2013 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg Duration: 2013 May 18 → 2013 May 20

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Other	IEEE 6th International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, ICST 2013
Country/Territory	Luxembourg
City	Luxembourg
Period	13/5/18 → 13/5/20

Keywords

ACSR
Formal Verification
SDN
UPPAAL

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