Blockchain and Software Defined Networking: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends
暫譯: 區塊鏈與軟體定義網路：機會、挑戰與未來趨勢

本書探討了軟體定義網路的安全挑戰，並提出創新的解決方案，例如安全服務的去中心化和與區塊鏈技術的整合，以增強軟體定義網路的安全性。書中包含多個案例研究，展示了去中心化的軟體定義網路安全在包括所有應用程式介面（API）的三層架構中的有效性。本書：

- 深入分析了軟體定義網路協議，包括 OpenFlow、邊界網關協議-鏈路狀態（Border Gateway Protocol-Link State）和網路配置協議（Network Configuration Protocol, NETCONF）。

- 提供在軟體定義網路環境中實施安全措施的實用指導，重點關注防火牆規則、入侵檢測和存取控制政策等技術方面。

- 探討如何將區塊鏈整合到軟體定義網路中以增強安全性，並提供逐步的技術指導以便實施。

- 討論區塊鏈與軟體定義網路整合的供應鏈透明度。

- 解釋區塊鏈增強的網路監控與控制，以及區塊鏈保護的網路通信的實施。

本書主要針對各領域的高年級本科生、研究生和學術研究人員，包括電機工程、電子與通信工程、計算機科學與工程以及資訊技術等。

Sarvesh Tanwar is Professor at Amity Institute of Information Technology (AIIT), Amity University, Noida. She is head of AUN Blockchain & Data Security Research Lab. She has Completed her M.Tech (CSE) degree from MMU, Mullana and Ph.D in (CSE) from Mody University, Laxmangarh (Raj.). She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. Her area of research includes Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Cryptography, Blockchain and Cyber Security. She has published more than 100 research papers in International Journals (SCI/Scopus/WoS and Peer -Review) and Conferences. She is currently guiding six PhD scholars and has supervised 1 PhD Scholar & 5 M.Tech Research scholars. She has filed 22 patents (8 Granted) and 2 copyrights in the relevant field. She is Senior member IEEE, Life - Member, Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI), Indian Institute of Statistics, Kolkata, India and member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore. She is a Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, Bentham Science.

Sumit Badotra is currently serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Chitkara University, India, under a DST-Government of India-funded project, where his research focused on Software-Defined Networking (SDN) security and anomaly detection frameworks. He has also held academic positions at various universities contributing to both teaching and funded research activities. Dr. Badotra has authored and co-authored several research papers published in high-impact international journals and conferences. His research interests include SDN security, network anomaly detection, distributed architectures, machine learning, and cloud computing. He has also worked on real-time frameworks for DDoS mitigation, adaptive ML-based security solutions, and hybrid privacy-preserving architectures. He actively contributes as a reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals and conferences in the field of computer networks and cybersecurity. Dr. Badotra holds multiple patents and has received best paper and presentation awards for his contributions to network security research.

Harish Garg received a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics with a specialization in Reliability theory and soft computing techniques from IIT Roorkee, India, in 2013. Presently, he is working with School of Mathematics at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed University) Patiala, Punjab, India. He has authored over 280 papers (with SCI papers 240) published in refereed International Journals and has supervised 07 Ph.D. dissertations. His work published including Information Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, IEEE/CAA Journal Of Automatic Sinica, IEEE Transactions On Emerging Topics In Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Computation, Artificial Intelligence Review, Applied Intelligence, and many more. He is the recipient of the Top-Cited Paper by India-based Author (2015 - 2019) from a reputed Publisher. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Optimization Theory and Practice. He is also the Associate Editors for several renowned journals such as Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Kybernetes, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, International Journal of Computational and Intelligence Systems, Complexity, Complex and Intelligent Systems etc. His Google citations are over 9540 with h-index is 57. His research interests are in the fields of Computational Intelligence, Reliability analysis, multi-criteria decision making, fuzzy decision making, Pythagorean fuzzy sets, Computing with words and Soft Computing.

Sarvesh Tanwar 是諾伊達阿米提大學（Amity University）資訊科技學院（AIIT）的教授，並擔任 AUN 區塊鏈與數據安全研究實驗室的負責人。她在穆拉納的 MMU 完成了計算機科學與工程（CSE）的碩士學位，並在拉克斯曼加爾的莫迪大學獲得計算機科學與工程（CSE）的博士學位。她擁有超過 15 年的教學和研究經驗。她的研究領域包括公鑰基礎設施（PKI）、密碼學、區塊鏈和網絡安全。她在國際期刊（SCI/Scopus/WoS 和同行評審）及會議上發表了超過 100 篇研究論文。她目前指導六名博士生，並曾指導一名博士生和五名碩士研究生。她在相關領域申請了 22 項專利（8 項已獲批准）和 2 項著作權。她是 IEEE 的高級會員，印度密碼學研究學會（CRSI）終身會員，印度加爾各答統計學院會員，以及新加坡計算機科學與資訊技術國際協會（IACSIT）的會員。她是《國際傳感器、無線通信與控制期刊》（International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control）的編輯委員會成員。

Sumit Badotra 目前擔任新加坡國立大學（NUS）電機與計算機工程系的博士後研究員。他在印度 Chitkara 大學獲得計算機科學與工程的博士學位，研究專注於軟體定義網絡（SDN）安全和異常檢測框架，該研究是在印度政府科技部（DST）資助的項目下進行的。他還曾在多所大學擔任學術職位，參與教學和資助研究活動。Badotra 博士已發表多篇高影響力的國際期刊和會議論文。他的研究興趣包括 SDN 安全、網絡異常檢測、分散式架構、機器學習和雲計算。他還曾研究 DDoS 緩解的實時框架、自適應基於機器學習的安全解決方案和混合隱私保護架構。他積極擔任多個國際期刊和會議的審稿人和編輯委員會成員，專注於計算機網絡和網絡安全領域。Badotra 博士擁有多項專利，並因其在網絡安全研究方面的貢獻獲得最佳論文和演講獎。

Harish Garg 於 2013 年在印度 IIT Roorkee 獲得應用數學博士學位，專攻可靠性理論和軟計算技術。目前，他在印度旁遮普邦的 Thapar 工程與技術學院（被認可的大學）數學學院工作。他已發表超過 280 篇論文（其中 240 篇為 SCI 論文），並指導了 7 篇博士論文。他的研究成果發表於《資訊科學》、《IEEE 模糊系統期刊》、《國際智能系統期刊》、《IEEE/CAA 自動化學報》、《IEEE 計算智能新興主題期刊》、《認知計算》、《人工智慧評論》、《應用智能》等多個期刊。他是 2015 至 2019 年間由印度作者撰寫的高被引論文的獲獎者，並擔任《優化理論與實踐年刊》的主編。他還是多個知名期刊的副編輯，如《智能與模糊系統期刊》、《控制論》、《工程中的數學問題》、《工業與管理優化期刊》、《計算與智能系統國際期刊》、《複雜性》、《複雜與智能系統》等。他的 Google 引文超過 9540，h 指數為 57。他的研究興趣包括計算智能、可靠性分析、多準則決策、模糊決策、畢氏模糊集、詞語計算和軟計算。