TCP connection. Production use of OpenFlow should use SSL[*] to
ensure confidentiality and authenticity of traffic among switches and
controllers. The source must be configured with --enable-ssl=yes to
-build with ssl support.
+build with SSL support.
To use SSL with OpenFlow, you must set up a public-key infrastructure
(PKI) including a pair of certificate authorities (CAs), one for
1. Start the datapath and attach it to two or more physical ports as
described in the previous section.
-2. Run the controller in passive tcp mode on the host which will act as
+2. Run the controller in passive TCP mode on the host which will act as
the controller. In the example below, the controller will bind to
port 975 (the default) awaiting connections from secure channels.
simple Ethernet flow switch that exposes a standardized interface for
adding and removing flow entries.
-An OpenFlow Switch consists of three parts: (1) A "flow table" in
+An OpenFlow switch consists of three parts: (1) A "flow table" in
which each flow entry is associated with an action telling the switch
how to process the flow, (2) a "secure channel" connecting the switch
to a remote process (a controller), allowing commands and packets to
protocol implementation, providing an open and standard way for a
controller to talk to the switch.
-An OpenFlow Switch can thus serve as a simple datapath element that
+An OpenFlow switch can thus serve as a simple datapath element that
forwards packets between ports according to flow actions defined by
the controller using OpenFlow commands. Example actions are:
- Drop this flow's packets
- Encapsulate and forward this flow's packets to the controller.
-The OpenFlow Switch is defined in detail in the OpenFlow Switch
+The OpenFlow switch is defined in detail in the OpenFlow switch
Specification [2].
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