S
oftware D
efined N
etworking, SDN, is the
programmable separation of
control and forwarding
elements of networking that
enables software control of
network forwarding that can be logically and/or physically
separated from physical switches and routers. The
following important question is
considered in this paper:
to what extent can SDN–based networks address network
security management problems? The new opportunities
for enhancing network security brought by this separation
are considered in the paper