Identifying a source device in a software-defined network
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Nov 13, 2018
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Jun 22, 2017
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Dec 18, 2015
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Dec 18, 2015
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In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, having: a network interface to communicatively couple to a software-defined network (SDN); first one or more logic elements providing an SDN controller engine to provide a control function for the SDN; and second one or more logic elements providing a route tracing engine to: receive a tunneling notification from a network device agent, the tunneling notification associated with a network flow; and perform a backtracking traceroute operation to deterministically identify a source device for the flow. There is also disclosed a method of providing the foregoing, and one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for providing the foregoing.
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