Validation of SDN policies: a property-based testing perspective

Laura M. Castro, Nicolae Paladi

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    Abstract

    Software-defined networks are being widely adopted and used in large and complex networks supporting critical operations. Their increasing importance highlights the need for effective validation of SDN topologies and routing policies both prior and during operation. The policies that configure an SDN deployment come from several, possibly conflicting sources. This may lead to undesired effects such as node isolation, network partitions, performance drops and routing loops. Such effects can be formulated as automatically testable reusable conditions using property-based testing (PBT). This approach allows to automatically determine and formulate as a counterexample the minimum set of conflicting rules. The approach is especially useful when policies are configured in an incremental manner. PBT techniques are particularly good at automatic counterexample shrinking and have the potential of being extremely effective in this area.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)23-29
    Number of pages6
    JournalProcedia Computer Science
    Volume160
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019 Nov 21
    Event10th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2019) - Coimbra, Portugal
    Duration: 2019 Nov 42019 Nov 7

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Communication Systems

    Free keywords

    • SDN
    • Property-based testing

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