Title :
The denial-of-service dance
Author :
Campbell, Philip L.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
By understanding the types of attacks available to an adversary, we can develop more effective defenses against them. A taxonomy of denial-of-service attacks based on a dance-hall metaphor is a step toward gaining such an understanding. This article presents a metaphor for DoS-the dance hall-that helps us toward a comprehensive view of DoS attacks. In this article, "DoS" refers to the set of remote DoS attacks that depend on a network\´s presence. The article and the taxonomy it presents are the results of a short-term study aiming to explore avenues for defense.
Keywords :
security of data; telecommunication security; dance-hall metaphor; denial-of-service attack; Binary trees; Biological systems; Building materials; Computer crime; Computer security; Floods; Organizing; Privacy; Taxonomy; Viruses (medical); Land; SYN flood; Smurf; TFN; Targa; Trinoo; UDP flood; denial of service; distributed denial of service; network denial of service; spoofing; worms;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2005.162
