Title :
A framework for countering denial-of-information attacks
Author :
Conti, Gregory ; Ahamad, Mustaque
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Denial-of-information (DoI) attacks degrade a given user´s ability to seek, assimilate, and process information, and are becoming more prevalent due to the Internet´s rapid growth. To counter such attacks, the authors´ taxonomy provides structure to this area and proposes a model for describing the information space.
Keywords :
Internet; security of data; unsolicited e-mail; Internet; denial-of-information attack; Communication channels; Computer security; Humans; Information filtering; Information filters; Information security; Signal design; Signal to noise ratio; Space technology; Terminology; DOI; H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval; H.3.4 Systems and Software; denial-of-service; security;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2005.140
