Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combinatorial and Optimization, ICCAP 2021, December 7-8 2021, Chennai, India

Research Article

Detection and Mitigation of ARP Poisoning Attack in Software Defined Network

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314502,
        author={Saritakumar  N and Anusuya  K.V and Ajitha  S},
        title={Detection and Mitigation of ARP Poisoning Attack in Software Defined Network},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combinatorial and Optimization, ICCAP 2021, December 7-8 2021, Chennai, India},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICCAP},
        year={2021},
        month={12},
        keywords={arp pox ryu sdn},
        doi={10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314502}
    }
    
  • Saritakumar N
    Anusuya K.V
    Ajitha S
    Year: 2021
    Detection and Mitigation of ARP Poisoning Attack in Software Defined Network
    ICCAP
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314502
Saritakumar N1,*, Anusuya K.V1, Ajitha S1
  • 1: PSG College of Technology
*Contact email: nsk.ece@psgtech.ac.in

Abstract

The Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging network paradigm that separates the control plane from thedataplane.SDN facilitates network management through simple, scalable, and programmable architecture. However, the centralized control in SDN architecture is vulnerable to attacks. In this work, a mechanism is proposed toimprove and eliminate the problem of ARP poisoning attacks. The two most prominent limitations of ARPattacks are - unauthenticated and stateless nature of ARP. ARP poisoning launches higher-level attacks likeMan in the middle attack, Denial of Service, and session hijacking. Hence, the proposed algorithm is to resolve the problemofARPspoofing. It is implemented as an extension module in POX and RYU Controllers and is evaluated under different attack scenarios. Mininetis used for SDN network emulation. ARP poisoning attackoverthenetwork isinitiatedusing the Dsnifftool