An Improved Solution for IPv6 Network Topology Discovery Based on Source Routing Mechanism

Discovery of computer networks topology is always an important basement for network management. As IPv6 becomes the official standard, topology discovery methods should be changed as well. In IPv6 network, Anonymous Routers (AR) is one problem that we must deal with. AR is one kind of router we dont know its interface information, which makes it very difficult to find out their interconnections through common ways. This paper introduces a solution to deal with it, using source-routing traceroute command and nodes degree to merge ARs or find out their relation, and finally get the topology graph.

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IPv6 network topology discovery method based on novel graph mapping algorithms

2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) ◽

10.1109/iscc.2013.6755004 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Miao Li ◽

Jiahai Yang ◽

Changqing An ◽

Chenxi Li ◽

Fuliang Li

Keyword(s):

Network Topology ◽

Topology Discovery ◽

Mapping Algorithms ◽

Ipv6 Network ◽

Graph Mapping ◽

Discovery Method

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Source Localization and Network Topology Discovery in Infection Networks

2018 37th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) ◽

10.23919/chicc.2018.8482274 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

He Hao ◽

Daniel Silvestre ◽

Carlos Silvestre

Keyword(s):

Source Localization ◽

Network Topology ◽

Topology Discovery

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Event Driven Network Topology Discovery and Inventory Listing Using REAMS

Wireless Personal Communications ◽

10.1007/s11277-015-3061-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 94 (3) ◽

pp. 415-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amir Azodi ◽

Feng Cheng ◽

Christoph Meinel

Keyword(s):

Network Topology ◽

Topology Discovery ◽

Event Driven

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Autonomous System Network Topology Discovery Algorithm Based On OSPF Protocol

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Material, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering ◽

10.2991/ic3me-15.2015.213 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Xingchao Ma ◽

Geming Xia

Keyword(s):

Network Topology ◽

Autonomous System ◽

Topology Discovery

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Study on network topology discovery in IP networks

2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on Broadband Network and Multimedia Technology (IC-BNMT) ◽

10.1109/icbnmt.2010.5705077 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Yao Zhao ◽

Jianliang Yan ◽

Hua Zou

Keyword(s):

Network Topology ◽

Ip Networks ◽

Topology Discovery

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Behavior Anomaly Detection in SDN Control Plane: A Case Study of Topology Discovery Attacks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing ◽

10.1155/2020/8898949 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Li-Der Chou ◽

Chien-Chang Liu ◽

Meng-Sheng Lai ◽

Kai-Cheng Chiu ◽

Hsuan-Hao Tu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Anomaly Detection ◽

Network Topology ◽

Rank Correlation ◽

Network Routing ◽

Security Protocol ◽

Topology Discovery ◽

Detection Mechanism ◽

Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽

Flooding Attacks ◽

Man In The Middle

Software-defined networking controllers use the OpenFlow discovery protocol (OFDP) to collect network topology status. The OFDP detects the link between switches by generating link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) packets. However, OFDP is not a security protocol. Attackers can use it to perform topology discovery via injection, man-in-the-middle, and flooding attacks to confuse the network topology. This study proposes a correlation-based topology anomaly detection mechanism. Spearman’s rank correlation is used to analyze the network traffic between links and measure the round-trip time of each LLDP frame to determine whether a topology discovery via man-in-the-middle attack exists. This study also adds a dynamic authentication key and counting mechanism in the LLDP frame to prevent attackers from using topology discovery via injection attack to generate fake links and topology discovery via flooding attack to cause network routing or switching abnormalities.

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