SoftTap: A Software-Defined TAP via Switch-Based Traffic Mirroring

Sadrhaghighi, Sogand; Dolati, Mahdi; Ghaderi, Majid; Khonsari, Ahmad

doi:10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492588

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“…SoftTap [68] uses the programmable characteristics of OF switches (both physical and virtual), and the centralized control provided by OF controllers, to build software-defined TAPs. The key idea is as follows: for each flow, the control application selects among the switches in its path a single switch to carry out mirroring.…”

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A Research Review of OpenFlow for Datacenter Networking

Miguel-Alonso

2023

IEEE Access

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OpenFlow is a network device management and monitoring protocol, as well as a switch specification, that has enabled research, experimentation and deployment of software-defined networks in general, and data center networks in particular. In this review, after describing the particularities of data center networks and OpenFlow technology, a collection of recent research papers integrating both topics is analyzed. The collection of proposals made by the authors whose research is reviewed is very broad. Most focus on traffic engineering, load balancing, congestion reduction and related topics, with the goal of optimizing data transfer by using all available resources. Other works focus on issues related to the multi-tenancy nature of these large networks, monitoring them, improving their security or modifying switch architecture specifically for data center networks. Overall, we have a panoramic view of the issues related to data center networking and the flexibility OpenFlow provides to help solve them.INDEX TERMS Software defined networking, OpenFlow, datacenter, interconnection networks.

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A Research Review of OpenFlow for Datacenter Networking

Miguel-Alonso

2023

IEEE Access

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“…A different approach (that uses mirrored traffic from OpenFlow switches) to the same set of problems is described in [3] and focuses on the loss problems caused by the aggregation of mirrored flows from switches. Our implementation uses the raw traffic 1.1.…”

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LAN Traffic Capture Applications Using the Libtins Library

2021

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Capturing traffic and processing its contents is a valuable skill that when put in the right hands makes diagnosing and troubleshooting network issues an approachable task. Apart from aiding in fixing common problems, packet capture can also be used for any application that requires getting a deeper understanding of how things work under the hood. Many tools have been developed in order to allow the user to study the flow of data inside of a network. This paper focuses on documenting the process of creating such tools and showcasing their use in different contexts. This is achieved by leveraging the power of the C++ programming language and of the libtins library in order to create custom extensible sniffing tools, which are then used in VoIP (Voice over IP) and IDS (Intrusion Detection System) applications.

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