IP Tracking for DoS/DDoS -- State of the Art

Along with the internet fast developing recently, viruses, leaks and spy wares emerge in endlessly; worms, Trojans, and net thefts increase year by year. Maintaining Internet security becomes more and more important. Denial of service attack is among the hardest security problems to address because it is easy to launch, difficult to defend and trace. For the purpose of tracking IP address of the attackers, many methods and ways were proposed by experts. This paper systemically deals with a state of art about the most techniques of IP tracking for Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) till now, classifies them and analyzes their respective advantages and disadvantages. The majority of these methods can be implemented basically by victim and police department.