Sybil attacks as a mitigation strategy against the storm botnet

3rd International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software, MALWARE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 32-40

  Davis, Carlton R ^a   Fernandez, José M ^a   Neville, Stephen ^b   Mehugh, John ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTNETS; COMMAND AND CONTROLS; DISRUPTION METHODS; FAKE NODES; INFRA STRUCTURES; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; P2P NETWORKS; P2P PROTOCOLS; PEER TO PEERS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYBIL ATTACKS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 58149094016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MALWARE.2008.4690855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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