A research on the vulnerability in popular P2P protocols

Author

Jiayin Tong ; Gang Xiong ; Yong Zhao ; Li Guo

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. Eng., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

14-16 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

409

Abstract

P2P-structure networks attract lots of users due to the large capacity and good performance. However, vulnerabilities in the protocols may be exploited maliciously by attackers to launch network attacks. In this paper, we first give an overview of several popular P2P networks with protocol vulnerabilities that can be used to launch attacks. Then we illustrate how to carry out network attacks through exploiting vulnerability in Thunder, the most popular downloading software in China. The experimental results show that the amount of attack data can be amplified by about 5 and the number of attack packets up to 12. In order to mitigate the effect of such attacks, we discuss some solutions that should be considered to enhance these protocols at last.

Keywords

computer crime; computer network security; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; China; P2P protocols; P2P-structure networks; Thunder downloading software; attack data; attack packets; network attacks; protocol vulnerabilities; Computer crime; Encryption; Peer-to-peer computing; Ports (Computers); Protocols; Servers; P2P network security; Thunder; network attacks; protocol vulnerability exploitation; trustworthy protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), 2013 8th International ICST Conference on

Conference_Location

Guilin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694630

Filename

6694630