A Proactive Approach to Detect IoT Based Flooding Attacks by Using Software Defined Networks and Manufacturer Usage Descriptions

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its increasing appearances in

Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks pose a unique issue to the availability

and health of the Internet at large. Many of these devices are shipped insecurely, with

poor default user and password credentials and oftentimes the general consumer does

not have the technical knowledge of how they may secure their devices and networks.

The many vulnerabilities of the IoT coupled with the immense number of existing