Propagation of active worms: A survey

Computer Systems Science and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-172

  Yang, Xiang ^a,b   Fan, Xiang ^a   Zhu, Wen Tao ^c  

^a School of Management and Information Systems   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Invasive software; Modelling; Network security; Propagation; Worms

Indexed keywords

HITTING PROBABILITIES; IMPROVED FACTORS; INVASIVE SOFTWARE; NETWORK RECONNAISSANCE; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION SPEED; TARGET ACQUISITION; WORMS;

LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; NETWORK SECURITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 73449125776     PISSN: 02676192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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