Table 4 List of hardware and software configuration used for proposed DDoS defense mechanism in SDN environments.
Category | Component/Tool | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Hardware & Software | Computer | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, 8 GB RAM |
Operating System | Dual-boot: Windows 11 & Ubuntu 20 | |
Mininet Network Simulator | Simulate SDN environment | |
Ryu Controller | Manage simulated SDN network | |
Topology Setup | Custom topologies for experiment comparison | |
D-ITG, IPERF, PING | Generate normal network traffic | |
Hping3 | Replicate DDoS attacks (synflood, udpflood, icmpflood) | |
htop | Monitor average CPU utilization (%) | |
Python | Build three-tier defense mechanism | |
Jupyter (Anaconda3) | Integrated development environment | |
Scikit-Learn, psutil, joblib etc | ML, monitoring, and parallel processing libraries |
