Research on Technologies of Building Experimental Environment for Network Worm Simulation

The worm experimental environment is a pivotal foundation for the worm research. In this paper, with a comprehensive analysis of existing technologies for building worm experimental environment, including analytical model, packet-level simulation, network simulation, hybrid method, and so on, we present a novel virtual-real hybrid worm simulation model. This model integrates the advantages of network simulation and packet-level simulation, and thus achieves a preferable balance between the fidelity and scalability. Our model builds a promising foundation for constructing a flexible and extensible worm experimental environment.