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DDoS Attacks as an Important Network Phenomenon

Authors:
Ilija Basicevic
Stanislav Ocovaj
Miroslav Popovic

Keywords: network security; Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS); entropy; DNS amplification attack; SYN Flood attack.

Abstract:
This paper presents several aspects of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks which have been an important network phenomenon since the end of 1990s. A short introduction to this topic is given here. DoS mechanisms, such as reflection and amplification, are explained including example attacks. Also, DNS fast flux as a technique for hiding command and control communication (C&C) is described. A short overview of entropy based DDoS detection is given, and an example method explained. Certain methods for attack mitigation (most notably puzzles) are explained, as well.

Pages: 7 to 12

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: May 20, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4006

ISBN: 978-1-61208-633-0

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from May 20, 2018 to May 24, 2018