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Building an OpenFlow Switch with Integrated Controller and IDS/IPS

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This post describes steps to build an OpenFlow switch using Open vSwitch on a server running Ubuntu 18.0.4. The server runs a Ryu controller and Snort intrusion prevention system, both are open source software. Such a system could be used a security appliance in a network of low-to-medium bandwidth requirements.

How to create Linux containers

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Linux containers isolate applications from the host system that they run on and from other containers. Containers behave much like virtual machines, but unlike virtual machines, containers include only the software components they need to operate rather than an entire operating system. This improves performance and reduces the size of… Read more »