A New Machine Learning-based Collaborative DDoS Mitigation Mechanism in Software-Defined Network

Saif Saad Mohammed, Rasheed Hussain, Oleg Senko, Bagdat Bimaganbetov, Joo Young Lee, Fatima Hussain, Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache, Ezedin Barka, Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

30 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Software Defined Network (SDN) is a revolutionary idea to realize software-driven network with the separation of control and data planes. In essence, SDN addresses the problems faced by the traditional network architecture; however, it may as well expose the network to new attacks. Among other attacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are hard to contain in such software-based networks. Existing DDoS mitigation techniques either lack in performance or jeopardize the accuracy of the attack detection. To fill the voids, we propose in this paper a machine learning-based DDoS mitigation technique for SDN. First, we create a model for DDoS detection in SDN using NSL-KDD dataset and then after training the model on this dataset, we use real DDoS attacks to assess our proposed model. Obtained results show that the proposed technique equates favorably to the current techniques with increased performance and accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2018
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781538668764
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 26 2018
Event14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2018 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: Oct 15 2018Oct 17 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
Volume2018-October
ISSN (Print)2161-9646
ISSN (Electronic)2161-9654

Other

Other14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2018
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period10/15/1810/17/18

Keywords

  • DDoS attacks
  • Machine Learning
  • SDN
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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