Thimmaraju, Kashyap (author), Shastry, Bhargava (author), Fiebig, T. (author), Hetzelt, Felicitas (author), Seifert, Jean-Pierre (author), Feldmann, Anja (author), Schmid, Stefan (author) Virtual switches are a crucial component of SDN-based cloud systems, enabling the interconnection of virtual machines in a flexible and “software-defined” manner. This paper raises the alarm on the security implications of virtual switches. In particular, we show that virtual switches not only increase the attack surface of the cloud, but...
conference paper 2018
