DocumentCode
3404803
Title
Modeling The Spread Of Internet Worms Via Persistently Unpatched Hosts
Author
Debany, Warren H., Jr.
Author_Institution
AFRL-IFG, Air Force Res. Lab., Rome, NY
fYear
2006
fDate
23-25 Oct. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
This paper considers the effects of Internet worms on persistently unpatched hosts and hosts for which vulnerabilities are refreshed. Equilibrium conditions are obtained for which an Internet worm will self-propagate indefinitely
Keywords
Internet; invasive software; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication security; Internet worms; equilibrium conditions; malware; unpatched hosts; Computer networks; Computer security; Computer viruses; Computer worms; Floppy disks; Humans; IP networks; Internet; Operating systems; Optical computing; Exploits; Internet worms; Malware; Security Patches; Vulnerabilities;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0617-X
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0618-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302115
Filename
4086494
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