Requirements for a general framework for response to distributed denial-of-service

Author

Gresty, D.W. ; Shi, Q. ; Merabti, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Math. Sci., Liverpool John Moores Univ., UK

fYear

2001

fDate

10-14 Dec. 2001

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

429

Abstract

What is network denial of service (DoS), and why is it such a problem? This research project has sought to investigate these questions and look at the deeper questions such as can denial of service be removed, can it be detected and can network systems adequately respond to denial of service incidents should they become subjected to them? This paper describes some issues that make network denial of service a difficult security problem, and discusses some solutions that have been provided by the security research community. The paper then provides a classification of denial of service, the consumer problem and the producer problem, which forms the bulk of modern network denial of service incidents. Finally the paper proposes requirements for a framework for the management of response to network denial of service incidents, and suggests future directions that are being developed to create the framework.

Keywords

Internet; computer crime; computer network management; security of data; telecommunication security; Internet; computer crime; computer network management; computer security; consumer problem; distributed denial-of-service attack; producer problem; Asynchronous transfer mode; Authentication; Availability; Computer crime; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Computer security; Data security; Operating systems; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Security Applications Conference, 2001. ACSAC 2001. Proceedings 17th Annual

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1405-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSAC.2001.991559

Filename

991559