I DPID It My Way! A Covert Timing Channel in Software-Defined Networks
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| author | Krösche, Robert Thimmaraju, Kashyap Schiff, Liron Schmid, Stefan |
| author_facet | Krösche, Robert Thimmaraju, Kashyap Schiff, Liron Schmid, Stefan |
| contents | Software-defined networking is considered a promising new paradigm, enabling more reliable and formally verifiable communication networks. However, this paper shows that the separation of the control plane from the data plane, which lies at the heart of Software-Defined Networks (SDNs), can be exploited for covert channels based on SDN Teleportation, even when the data planes are physically disconnected.
This paper describes the theoretical model and design of our covert timing channel based on SDN Teleportation. We implement our covert channel using a popular SDN switch, Open vSwitch, and a popular SDN controller, ONOS. Our evaluation of the prototype shows that even under load at the controller, throughput rates of 20 bits per second are possible, with a communication accuracy of approximately 90\%. We also discuss techniques to increase the throughput further. |
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arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2403_01878 |
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| spellingShingle | I DPID It My Way! A Covert Timing Channel in Software-Defined Networks Krösche, Robert Thimmaraju, Kashyap Schiff, Liron Schmid, Stefan Cryptography and Security Networking and Internet Architecture Software-defined networking is considered a promising new paradigm, enabling more reliable and formally verifiable communication networks. However, this paper shows that the separation of the control plane from the data plane, which lies at the heart of Software-Defined Networks (SDNs), can be exploited for covert channels based on SDN Teleportation, even when the data planes are physically disconnected. This paper describes the theoretical model and design of our covert timing channel based on SDN Teleportation. We implement our covert channel using a popular SDN switch, Open vSwitch, and a popular SDN controller, ONOS. Our evaluation of the prototype shows that even under load at the controller, throughput rates of 20 bits per second are possible, with a communication accuracy of approximately 90\%. We also discuss techniques to increase the throughput further. |
| title | I DPID It My Way! A Covert Timing Channel in Software-Defined Networks |
| topic | Cryptography and Security Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01878 |