• DocumentCode
    2564607
  • Title

    Inverse Geolocation: Worms with a Sense of Direction

  • Author

    Acton, Randal ; Friess, Nathan ; Aycock, John

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Calgary Univ., Alta.
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-13 April 2007
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    493
  • Abstract
    Mapping Internet addresses into physical locations is accomplished through geolocation and reverse geolocation, two different but related problems. We introduce a third problem, inverse geolocation, which can be used by worms to locate potential targets. Techniques for inverse geolocation are presented, along with a discussion of defenses... assuming inverse geolocation can be prevented at all.
  • Keywords
    Internet; invasive software; Internet addresses; inverse geolocation; worms; Application software; Cities and towns; Computer science; Computer security; Computer worms; Databases; Drives; Internet; Military computing; Ubiquitous computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, 2007. IPCCC 2007. IEEE Internationa
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA
  • ISSN
    1097-2641
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1138-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1097-2641
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PCCC.2007.358931
  • Filename
    4197967
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2564607