Traffic controller: A practical approach to block network covert timing channel

Proceedings - International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 349-354

  Wang, Yi ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Ge, Yi ^a   Mao, Bing ^a   Xie, Li ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVERT CHANNELS; COVERT TIMING CHANNELS; HUMAN ANALYSIS; NETWORK PACKETS; NETWORK TRAFFIC; TIME PROPERTIES; TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS; TRANSFER INFORMATION;

CONTROLLERS; INTERNET; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70349665526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARES.2009.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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