Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Overview  
 7     General security framework of software-defined networking-based service function chaining             
 8     Threat analysis and requirements of critical network elements         
        8.1     Critical network elements      
        8.2     Security threats and requirements     
 9     Threat analysis and requirements of interfaces        
        9.1     Interfaces      
        9.2     Security threats and requirements     
10     Security considerations of policy management        
11     Countermeasures
       11.1     Countermeasures for critical network elements          
       11.2     Countermeasures for interface security          
       11.3     Countermeasures for secure policy management       
Annex A – Classification table and service function path forwarding table    
        A.1     Classification table     
        A.2     Service function path forwarding table             
Appendix I – Service function chain architecture specified by other  standards development organizations    
Bibliography