Application of stochastic discrete event system framework for detection of induced low rate TCP attack

F. A. Barbhuiya, Mayank Agarwal, Sanketh Purwar, Santosh Biswas, Sukumar Nandi

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Abstract

TCP is the most widely accepted transport layer protocol. The major emphasis during the development of TCP was its functionality and efficiency. However, not much consideration was given on studying the possibility of attackers exploiting the protocol, which has lead to several attacks on TCP. This paper deals with the induced low rate TCP attack. Since the attack is relatively new, only a few schemes have been proposed to mitigate it. However, the main issues with these schemes are scalability, change in TCP header, lack of formal frameworks, etc. In this paper, we have adapted the stochastic DES framework for detecting the attack, which addresses most of these issues. We have successfully deployed and tested the proposed DES based IDS on a test bed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)474-492
Number of pages19
JournalISA Transactions
Volume58
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Induced low rate TCP attack
  • Stochastic Discrete Event System
  • TCP congestion avoidance algorithm
  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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