Title :
Bandwidth Distributed Denial of Service: Attacks and Defenses
Author :
Geva, Moti ; Herzberg, Amir ; Gev, Yehoshua
Author_Institution :
Bar-Ilan Univ., Bar-Ilan, Israel
Abstract :
The Internet is vulnerable to bandwidth distributed denial-of-service (BW-DDoS) attacks, wherein many hosts send a huge number of packets to cause congestion and disrupt legitimate traffic. So far, BW-DDoS attacks have employed relatively crude, inefficient, brute force mechanisms; future attacks might be significantly more effective and harmful. To meet the increasing threats, we must deploy more advanced defenses.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network security; BW-DDoS attacks; BW-DDoS defense; Internet; bandwidth distributed denial-of-service; brute force mechanisms; legitimate traffic; network congestion; Bandwidth; Computer crime; Computer security; IP networks; Routing protocols; Servers; DDoS; DoS; DoS attacks; DoS mitigation; bandwidth flooding; denial of service;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2013.55
