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SDN Integration with Firewalls and Enhancing Security Monitoring on Firewalls

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 SDN Integration with Firewalls and Enhancing
Security Monitoring on Firewalls
Aman Sablok Rohini S. Hallikar
Dept. of Electronics and Communication. Dept. of Electronics and Communication
RV College of Engineering RV College of Engineering
Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, India
[email protected] [email protected]

Abstract—— Software-defined Networking (SDN) has configure and manage their behavior. This centralization of
revolutionized the way networks are managed and operated by control allows for dynamic and flexible network management,
decoupling the control plane from the data plane. This separation
allows for centralized control and programmability, offering as administrators can program network behavior and policies
greater flexibility, scalability, and agility in network from a single point of control.
management.Firewalls, renowned for their robust security Some key characteristics and benefits of SDN include:
features, play a critical role in protecting network traffic.
Integrating SDN principles and technologies with Firewalls • Programmability: SDN enables the network to be
presents an opportunity to enhance their management, scalability, programmatically controlled through open APIs, allowing
and orchestration capabilities. This paper explores the integration
of SDN with Firewalls, focusing on leveraging SDN controllers and for automation, customization, and innovation in network
software defined networking architectures to augment the management.
underlying BSD-based operating system. By integrating SDN • Centralized Management: With SDN, network
controllers, organizations can centrally manage firewall policies,
dynamically enforce security rules, and gain real-time visibility management tasks can be centralized, simplifying
into network traffic. Furthermore, SDN enables efficient configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting across the
scalability of Firewalls by dynamically allocating resources and entire network infrastructure.
load balancing traffic. This paper also explores methods to
enhance security monitoring and analytics on Firewalls. It focuses • Scalability and Flexibility: SDN provides scalability and
on leveraging advanced techniques, technologies, and integration flexibility by abstracting network services from the
approaches to optimize security monitoring and strengthen the underlying hardware, enabling efficient resource
firewall’s ability to detect and respond to security threats. Security allocation and dynamic adaptation to changing network
monitoring and analytics are crucial components of modern requirements.
network infrastructure to detect and mitigate potential threats.
Firewalls, known for their robust security features, serve as • Service Orchestration: SDN facilitates the orchestration of
critical gateways for network traffic. Enhancing security network services by integrating with cloud computing
monitoring and analytics capabilities on Firewalls can significantly platforms and virtualization technologies, enabling the
improve threat detection, incident response, and overall network
security posture. deployment and management of complex network
Index Terms—Firewalls , Software Defined Networking(SDN)
architectures.
, Enhancing • Network Virtualization: SDN enables the creation of
virtual network overlays, allowing multiple logical
networks to coexist on the same physical infrastructure,
I. INTRODUCTION providing isolation, security, and efficient resource
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network utilization.
architecture that separates the control plane from the data plane, • Enhanced Security: SDN can enhance network security by
providing a centralized and programmable approach to network enabling granular control over traffic flows, implementing
management. In traditional networks, network devices such as security policies, and facilitating threat detection and
switches and routers handle both control and data forwarding response through centralized monitoring and analytics.
functions. However, in an SDN environment, the control plane
SDN has gained significant attention and adoption in various
is decoupled and moved to a centralized controller, while the
domains, including data centers, wide-area networks ( WANs),
data plane remains in the network devices.
campus networks, and service provider networks. It offers a
SDN introduces a logical abstraction layer called the more flexible, efficient, and agile approach to network
”controller” that manages and controls the network. The management, addressing the limitations of traditional network
controller communicates with the network devices through an architectures.
open and standardized protocol, such as OpenFlow, to
 As SDN continues to evolve, research and development • Policy-driven Network Segmentation: SDN integration
efforts focus on areas such as network programmability, with Firewalls facilitates policy-driven network
security, performance optimization, and integration with segmentation. Administrators can define and enforce
emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G security policies based on logical groupings, such as user
networks. The widespread adoption of SDN promises to roles, applications, or compliance requirements. This
transform network infrastructure, enabling organizations to approach provides granular control over network access
meet the growing demands of modern applications and services and enhances security isolation.
in a more efficient and scalable manner. The integration of SDN with Firewalls provides a powerful
The integration of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) combination of network control and security enforcement. It
principles with Firewalls brings enhanced management, enables centralized policy management, dynamic enforcement,
scalability, and orchestration capabilities to network security. enhanced visibility, scalability, and automation, strengthening
By combining SDN and Firewalls, organizations can benefit network security while offering flexibility and agility in
from centralized control, programmability, and dynamic managing firewall policies. Organizations can leverage SDN
security policy enforcement. Here are some key aspects of SDN integration to achieve a more efficient and effective security
integration with Firewalls: infrastructure that adapts to evolving threats and network
requirements.
• Centralized Policy Management: SDN controllers can Firewalls are a series of high-performance security devices
provide a centralized interface to manage firewall policies developed by Juniper Networks. They are designed to provide
across multiple devices. Administrators can define robust network protection, threat prevention, and secure
security rules, access control policies, and threat connectivity for various network environments. Here are some
prevention settings from a single point of control, key features and capabilities of Firewalls:
simplifying policy management and ensuring consistency.
• Dynamic Policy Enforcement: SDN integration allows for • Unified Threat Management (UTM): Firewalls offer a
dynamic security policy enforcement based on realtime comprehensive set of security features, including
network conditions and events. SDN controllers can firewalling, intrusion prevention system (IPS), antivirus,
communicate with Firewalls to dynamically update antispam, web filtering, and application visibility and
firewall rules, adjust access privileges, or redirect traffic control. This integrated approach simplifies security
based on network demands or security events, providing management and reduces the need for multiple standalone
more agility and responsiveness. security appliances.
• Enhanced Visibility and Monitoring: SDN integration • Advanced Threat Prevention: Firewalls incorporate
enables comprehensive visibility into network traffic and advanced threat prevention mechanisms such as IPS,
security events. By leveraging SDN controllers, antimalware, and file-based malware analysis. These
administrators can collect and analyze network telemetry features help detect and block known and unknown
data from Firewalls, gaining insights into traffic patterns, threats, including zero-day exploits, to protect the network
detecting anomalies, and improving security incident from malicious activities.
detection and response capabilities. • VPN and Secure Connectivity: Firewalls support Virtual
• Scalability and Load Balancing: SDN provides scalability Private Network (VPN) technologies, enabling secure
and load balancing capabilities to Firewalls. By remote access for users and secure site-to-site connectivity
intelligently distributing network traffic across multiple between branch offices or partner networks. They provide
devices, SDN controllers ensure efficient utilization of industry-standard encryption and authentication protocols
firewall resources, optimize performance, and improve to ensure secure data transmission.
network availability. • Application-Aware Security: Firewalls can identify and
• Automation and Orchestration: SDN integration with control applications running on the network, allowing
Firewalls enables automation and orchestration of security administrators to enforce granular policies based on
policies and configurations. Administrators can use SDN application usage. This helps optimize network
controllers to automate repetitive tasks, streamline policy performance, prioritize critical applications, and block
deployment, and integrate security functions with broader unauthorized or risky applications.
network orchestration frameworks, such as OpenStack or • Intrusion Detection and Prevention: Firewalls include an
Kubernetes. intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS) that
• Threat Intelligence Integration: SDN integration allows monitors network traffic for suspicious activity and alerts
for the integration of external threat intelligence feeds with or blocks potential threats. This helps safeguard against
Firewalls. By leveraging threat intelligence sources, SDN network-based attacks and vulnerabilities.
controllers can update firewall rules and policies in real- • Network Segmentation and Micro-Segmentation:
time to block known malicious entities or patterns, Firewalls support network segmentation by creating
enhancing the overall security posture of the network. virtual routing instances and security zones. This allows
 administrators to logically separate different parts of the [5] The purpose of this study is to evaluate the
network, restrict traffic flow, and apply specific security performance of a Next Generation Firewall that was installed to
policies to each segment. Micro-segmentation provides an secure IoT in smart homes and corporate networks. The
additional layer of security by isolating individual approach taken in this study is one of comparison, testing DDoS
workloads or applications. attacks, phishing, and SQL Injection on enterprise networks,
• High Performance and Scalability: Firewalls are built to smart home networks, and general networks.
handle high network traffic volumes while maintaining [6] There are security hazards with every connection
low latency. They offer flexible scalability options, made between a local network and the WAN or Internet. The
including chassis-based systems for large-scale article’s goal is to provide a quick overview of the fundamentals
deployments and virtualized instances for cloud of protection, from definition to firewall implementation.
environments. [7] An essential component of any security framework is
• Centralized Management: Firewalls can be managed the firewall. Most firewalls are made up of a lot of consecutive
through Junos Space Security Director, which provides a rules that are disorganised and difficult to understand.
centralized interface for configuration, monitoring, and Misconfigurations are unfortunately very common and can
reporting. This simplifies management tasks and allows have an impact on the firewall’s dependability because network
for consistent security policy enforcement across multiple managers must manually configure a majority of the rules.
devices. Finding these anomalies is a difficult undertaking. In this
Overall, Firewalls deliver comprehensive network security research, we provide a simulation and verification model based
with advanced threat prevention, secure connectivity, on trees to determine whether a system’s implemented firewall
application-awareness, and scalability. They are suitable for a complies with the applicable firewall requirements.
wide range of network environments, including small and [8] Modern network security is not complete without
medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, data centers, and firewalls, which can identify and eliminate malicious packets
service providers, where robust and reliable security is before they may damage the network being secured. But
essential. because they have to filter a lot of packets rapidly, these
firewalls can’t always base their decisions on all of the packets’
II. LITERATURE SURVEY characteristics.
[1] Computer security is a challenging issue. Networked [9] Firewalls are crucial network components that offer
computer security is even more challenging. When utilised immediate protection from network threats. Firewall rules are a
appropriately, firewalls (barriers between two networks) can requirement for this degree of defence. To control packet flows,
significantly improve computer security.The three primary traditional firewalls like Cisco ACL, IPTABLES, Check Point,
classifications used by the writers for firewalls are packet and Juniper NetScreen use stated rules. The above rules could,
filtering, circuit gateways, and application gateways. Usually, however, result in rule conflicts that reduce the firewall’s
multiple of these are utilised simultaneously. Their discussion security or even cause it to run slowly.
and examples concern UNIX systems and applications. [10] Security tools like firewalls are used to implement a
[2] This study synthesises current domestic and foreign company’s security policy. Commercial firewalls, like those
firewall technology based on various firewalls’ guiding made by Juniper Networks and Cisco, are complicated and
principles, benefits, and drawbacks. It also analyses computer primarily intended for use by networking and security experts.
network security features and the major threat.In-depth analysis They are not well suited for usage in academic settings.
of the key factors is addressed through the synthesis and Commercial firewalls are also typically regarded as expensive
comparison of several methodologies. hardware components.
[3] A network is protected from outside incursion by a [11] Firewall protection is only as effective as the policy
firewall, which can be either software or hardware. It controls that is set up to be followed. Real-world configuration data
how much traffic can travel through a router that is connected analysis reveals that corporate firewalls frequently enforce rule
to the network infrastructure. It is prohibiting unauthorised sets that go against accepted security standards. The foundation
users from accessing the network from either inside the Local of business intranet security is a firewall. A systems
Area Network (LAN) or from outside via the Internet. administrator must set up and maintain a firewall once it has
[4] This essay explores the inadequacies of firewall been purchased by a corporation in accordance with a security
solutions in the present network environment and the state of policy that suits the demands of the organisation.
network security as well as the advantages of using AI [12] The drawback of the Internet’s rising popularity is that
technology for threat detection. The paper then examines the security threats are getting worse. The computer security
benefits of AI firewalls and elaborates on their capabilities to community has created firewalls, technologies that assist shield
develop learning models and realise autonomous evolution of users’ systems from damage when they connect to the Internet
threat detection capability. and other networks outside of their control, with initial backing
from the US government. Numerous business firewall products standards like OpenFlow, scalability, and vendor reputation are
are selling well on the global market. a few things to take into account. Select the integration strategy
[13] In order to divide and isolate the components of an depending on the capabilities of the Firewall and the SDN
industrial control network, the IEC 62443 security standards controller you have chosen. Use of APIs, network protocols, or
establish the ideas of zones, conduits, and security levels. particular integration modules offered by the manufacturer are
Network segmentation logically divides the control network available options. Assure that the Firewalls and the SDN
into several communication zones in order to prevent unwanted controller are compatible and cooperative. Create data models
traffic from moving across zones with varying levels of trust. and abstractions to represent the configuration and policies of
the Firewall in the SDN controller. As a result, the controller
[14] Due to the massive amounts of data generated every can efficiently comprehend and handle Firewall settings. If
day in the information age, we have now reached the era of big necessary, think about utilising current industry standards or
data. People use computer networks frequently in their daily
creating unique models. Create channels of communication
lives. Networks and information systems are crucial
between the Firewalls and the SDN controller. Configuring
foundational components in the development of social
interfaces, protocols, and authentication systems may be
infrastructure and economic development. A hostile attack that
necessary for this. To safeguard the integration, create suitable
disrupts a network attack will result in more serious security
access controls and ensure secure communication. Create the
incidents, protecting the national economy and the public
logic necessary for managing security policies for Firewalls in
interest.
the SDN controller. As part of this, firewall rules, access control
policies, threat prevention settings, and any necessary dynamic
III. SCOPE
policy adjustments based on network conditions or events must
This paper gives a brief about the integration of the Software all be established and enforced. To improve threat detection and
Defined Networking with the Series firewalls. Network security response, integrate security analytics tools with the SDN
is improved by the application of Software-Defined Networking controller. This could entail using machine learning algorithms,
(SDN) concepts and Firewalls, which enable greater control, integrating with external threat intelligence feeds, or gathering
scalability, and orchestration capabilities. Organisations can and analysing network telemetry data. After that test and
gain centralised control, programmability, and dynamic validate the SDN interaction with Firewalls thoroughly. To
security policy enforcement by combining SDN and Firewalls. make sure that the functionality, performance, and
This paper also highlights the addition of certain commands compatibility are all correct, test various use cases, policy
onto an Device that include the enhancing of the security and setups, and security scenarios. Address any problems or
stability of the series firewalls. The commands are added using restrictions found. [16]
a certain algorithm which makes the device function Implement the SDN integration in a controlled environment
accordingly and enhanes the stability and security of the device. and evaluate its efficiency. Keep an eye on how the integration
Enhancing the security of devices is crucial to protect network affects network activity, security incidents, and general network
infrastructure from evolving threats. By implementing the performance. Continually assess the integration and make
security measures, organizations can enhance the security of adjustments in light of operational feedback. Describe the
devices and mitigate potential risks, ensuring the integrity and operational methods, configuration information, and integration
confidentiality of network traffic and protecting against architecture in writing. Network administrators and security
unauthorized access or malicious activities. Some measures staff should receive thorough training on administering and
include Strong Authentication, Secure Management Interfaces, troubleshooting the SDN integration with Firewalls. SDN
Firewall Rule Optimization, Threat Intelligence Integration and integration with Firewalls is a process that is always being
some others. This defines the scope of the paper. [15] improved. Keep up with the most recent vendor updates, SDN
and security technologies, and business best practises. Evaluate
IV. DESIGN METHODOLOGY the integration’s performance on a regular basis and make
The design methodology for the integration of SDN with adjustments to meet changing network requirements and
series firewalls include : security concerns. By following this methodology SDN
integration with series firewlls can be attained.
Recognise the network requirements, such as security
guidelines, traffic patterns, scalability requirements, and Secondly monitoring network security is essential for
performance requirements. Find out the precise aims and spotting and preventing any threats to network infrastructure.
objectives for integrating SDN with Firewalls. Specify the use The aim of this abstract is improving security monitoring for
cases where SDN integration with Firewalls will be beneficial. Series Firewalls, which are frequently used as important
For instance, dynamic policy enforcement, centralised policy security components in a variety of network scenarios. The goal
management, or improved security analytics. Sort the use cases is to increase security monitoring for Firewalls’ detection and
in order of importance and viability. Choose an SDN controller response capacities as well as its overall effectiveness. This
by comparing them all and selecting the one that best suits your study investigates several approaches and methods to improve
organization’s needs. Firewall compatibility, support for open security monitoring for Firewalls. The study starts off by
defining particular security monitoring goals, like spotting
network intrusions, spotting malicious activity, and making sure
security policies are being followed. Appropriate monitoring
needs are defined by an awareness of the network architecture
and any security issues.
Here in this paper we face a memory leak problem which
means that there in no extra space in the memory and the
memory block are not being freed. A software fault known as a
memory leak happens when a programme neglects to release
memory that has been allocated after it has served its purpose.
As a result, memory that the programme can no longer access
or use continues to be allocated, gradually building up
unreleased memory over time. This may result in a steady rise
in the program’s memory consumption, which could eventually
harm its performance and even result in crashes.
When dynamically allocated memory, such as that created by
the operations malloc() or new(), is not correctly deallocated
using the related deallocation functions, such as free() or
delete(), memory leaks commonly result. Below is an example Fig. 2. vulnarability function

:
The above figure shows the vulnaraebility function by the
void vulnarable function which is being called in the main
function.
V. RESULTS
A more secure firewall system can result in a number of
advantages that strengthen and stabilise the network
infrastructure. Among the outcomes of successfully
strengthening firewall security are the following:
• Improved Network Protection: Firewalls can better detect

Fig. 1. Memory leak and stop harmful activity by adding improvements including
regular updates, intrusion detection and prevention systems,
An array of integers is dynamically allocated in the previous and strict access limits. As a result, there is improved defence
Fig. 1 using new, but memory is never released using delete. against potential data breaches, network incursions, and
Because the memory is still allocated even though it is no longer unauthorised access attempts.
required, this causes a memory leak. A memory leak can have • Reduced Attack Surface: Improving firewall security entails
a number of negetive impacts such as the increased memory analysing and enhancing firewall policies, getting rid of
usage, performance degradation and unpredictible behaviour. pointless rules, and making sure that the setup is correct. By
On facing such errors we need to follow the basic steps like closing off possible exploitation points, these activities
firstly we need to create our work space , enter the code , rectify reduce the attack surface. Critical assets are protected from
it , build it and flash it onto a device to verify and validate the unauthorised access by a firewall that is properly configured.
results. • Timely Vulnerability Mitigation: Frequent software patches
and updates guarantee that firewalls have the most recent
security patches, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
Organisations can actively reduce risks and the chance of
successful attacks targeting firewall gaps by quickly fixing
known vulnerabilities.
• Improved Visibility and Logging: Setting up firewall logging
and monitoring features improves the ability to see network
traffic, potential security incidents, and shady activity. This
enables earlier security incident identification, quicker
incident response, and more fruitful forensic investigation.
Comprehensive logs are also useful for regulatory
obligations and compliance checks.
• Strengthened Access Control: Reducing the danger of
unauthorised access requires the use of robust authentication
techniques like multifactor authentication ( MFA ) and the
stringent enforcement of access control regulations for
firewall management. Improved access controls increase
network security by preventing hostile actors from
compromising firewall configurations or obtaining Fig. 4. Deallocating the memory using unique pointers
administrator rights.
• Security Standard Compliance: Firewall improvements The above function shows the deallocation of the memory
frequently follow security best practises and standards. using smart pointers (e.g., std::shared ptr, std::unique ptr) to
Organisations can demonstrate compliance with industry automatically manage memory deallocation. This eliminates
rules like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the need for explicit deallocation and ensures proper cleanup
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act even in the presence of exceptions or early returns.
(HIPAA), and the Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS) by following these recommendations. VI. CONCLUSION
Customer trust is fostered and data protection is improved by
compliance with such standards. In conclusion, the integration of Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) with firewalls offers several benefits and
• Enhanced Resilience: Organisations can spot potential
opportunities for enhancing network security and management.
vulnerabilities and incorrect firewall configurations through By combining the centralized control and programmability of
routine security assessments, penetration testing, and
SDN with the advanced security features of firewalls,
debugging operations. By increasing the firewall
organizations can achieve more efficient, flexible, and scalable
infrastructure’s resilience, this lowers the possibility of
network security solutions.
service interruptions and guarantees the ongoing availability
• Centralized Policy Management: SDN enables centralized
of network resources.
policy management, allowing administrators to define and
• Proactive Security Posture : Taking a proactive stance in
enforce security policies consistently across the network.
terms of security is encouraged by the process of improving
By integrating firewalls into the SDN controller’s
firewall security. It emphasises constant examination of new
management plane, security policies can be dynamically
threats, continuous monitoring, and the development of a provisioned and updated based on network conditions,
security-conscious culture inside an organisation. These
user requirements, or security events. This simplifies
actions assist organisations in keeping up with changing
policy management, reduces configuration overhead, and
security challenges and adjusting their defensive tactics as
ensures consistent enforcement across the network.
necessary.
• Dynamic Traffic Steering: SDN provides granular control
Overall, by enhancing firewall security, organizations can
expect a more robust and reliable network infrastructure, over network traffic flows, allowing intelligent traffic
improved protection against threats, and enhanced resilience steering based on security policies. By integrating
against potential security incidents. These results contribute to firewalls with the SDN controller’s data plane, network
safeguarding sensitive data, maintaining business continuity, traffic can be dynamically redirected to appropriate
and minimizing the impact of cyber attacks firewall instances for inspection and enforcement. This
enables the efficient use of firewall resources, load
balancing, and scalability to handle varying traffic patterns
and security demands.
• Enhanced Visibility and Analytics: SDN integration with
firewalls offers improved visibility into network traffic,
security events, and threats. The centralized SDN
controller can collect and analyze traffic data from various
network devices, including firewalls, enabling real-time
monitoring, anomaly detection, and security analytics.
This holistic view of network traffic and security events
facilitates proactive threat mitigation and better-informed
Fig. 3. Deallocating the memory normally decision-making.
• Rapid Security Incident Response: SDN’s
The above figure shows the deallocation of the memory using programmability and integration with firewalls enable
the normal ways or the delete function that simply deallocates faster and more effective security incident response.
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