Analysis of traffic correlation attacks on router queues

Computer Networks

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 734-747

  Cai, Yan ^a   Lee, Patrick P C ^b   Gong, Weibo ^a   Towsley, Don ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation attack; Fluid model; PCSDE; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

ATTACK FLOW; BREAK DOWN; CLOSED FORM; CORRELATION ATTACK; DATA FLOW; FLOW CORRELATION; FLUID MODEL; FLUID MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; NS-2 SIMULATIONS; PCSDE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; QUEUE LENGTHS; QUEUEING DELAYS; RATE LIMITING; SECURITY PROBLEMS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAFFIC BURSTINESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLUIDS; PLASMA FLOW; QUEUEING THEORY; ROUTERS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 79951515600     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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