CRFeb 15, 2018
Experimental Demonstration of DDoS Mitigation over a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Network Using Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Emilio Hugues-Salas, Foteini Ntavou, Yanni Ou, Jake. E. Kennard, Catherine White, Dimitrios Gkounis, Konstantinos Nikolovgenis, George Kanellos, Christopher Erven, Andrew Lord, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou
arXiv:1802.05679v224 citations
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This addresses security vulnerabilities in quantum communication networks, though it appears incremental as it applies existing SDN methods to a new QKD context.
The paper tackled DDoS attacks on quantum key distribution networks by experimentally demonstrating mitigation using software-defined networking, achieving successful quantum-secured link allocation after an attack based on real-time monitoring.
We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, DDoS mitigation of QKD-based networks utilizing a software defined network application. Successful quantum-secured link allocation is achieved after a DDoS attack based on real-time monitoring of quantum parameters