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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mohan Dhawan, New Delhi, IN;

Kshiteej S. Mahajan, Aurangabad, IN;

Vijay Mann, Gurgaon, IN;

Rishabh Poddar, New Delhi, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and arrangements for securing a software defined network. One or more control messages are intercepted. Information is extracted from the one or more control messages to create a global network state model, and there is determined, from the extracted information, presence of at least one prospective modification to the global network state model. Thereupon, a determination is made as to whether the at least one prospective modification presents a threat to security of the software defined network. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.


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