Title :
Modeling The Spread Of Internet Worms Via Persistently Unpatched Hosts
Author :
Debany, Warren H., Jr.
Author_Institution :
AFRL-IFG, Air Force Res. Lab., Rome, NY
Abstract :
This paper considers the effects of Internet worms on persistently unpatched hosts and hosts for which vulnerabilities are refreshed. Equilibrium conditions are obtained for which an Internet worm will self-propagate indefinitely
Keywords :
Internet; invasive software; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication security; Internet worms; equilibrium conditions; malware; unpatched hosts; Computer networks; Computer security; Computer viruses; Computer worms; Floppy disks; Humans; IP networks; Internet; Operating systems; Optical computing; Exploits; Internet worms; Malware; Security Patches; Vulnerabilities;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0617-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0618-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302115
