NIST Soft MUD: A reference implementation of a Manufacturer's Usage Description (MUD) manager using Software Defined Networking (SDN).

The goal of the MUD (Manufacturer Usage Description) specification is to provide a means for manufacturers of Things to indicate what sort of access and network functionality they require for the Thing to properly function. A manufacturer associates a MUD file with a device which specifies an ACL for the device to within deployment specific parameters. The MUD standard is defined in RFC 8520 This repository publishes a public domain scalable implementation of the IETF MUD standard. MUD is implemented on SDN capable switches using OpenDaylight as the SDN controller. For more information see the Trustworthy Networks of Things Project: https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/trustworthy-networks-things

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title NIST Soft MUD: A reference implementation of a Manufacturer's Usage Description (MUD) manager using Software Defined Networking (SDN).