A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a type of cybercrime that renders a target service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from several sources (attack nodes). In this paper, we focus on DDoS attacks on a computer network by spreading bots throughout the network. A mathematical...
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| description | A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a type of cybercrime that renders a target service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from several sources (attack nodes). In this paper, we focus on DDoS attacks on a computer network by spreading bots throughout the network. A mathematical differential equation model is proposed to represent the dynamism of nodes at different compartments of the model. The model considers two levels of security, with the assumption that the recovered nodes do not return to the same security level. In previous models, the recovered nodes are returned to be suspect on the same security level, which is an unrealistic assumption. Moreover, it is assumed that the attacker can use the infected target nodes to attack again. With such epidemic-like assumptions of infection, different cases are presented and discussed, and the stability of the model is analyzed as well; reversing the symmetry transformation of attacking nodes population is also proven. The proposed model has many parameters in order to precisely describe the infection movement and propagation. Numerical simulation methods are used to solve the developed system of equations using MATLAB, with the intention of finding the best counteraction to control DDoS spread throughout a network. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-628dd53c2ed64b2dafdefb14c81747472023-11-23T10:47:19ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942021-12-011312244310.3390/sym13122443A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and InteractivityAshraf Ahmad0Yousef AbuHour1Firas Alghanim2King Hussein School of Computing Sciences, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman 11941, JordanJordan Design Development Bureau (JODDB), National Encryption Center, Amman 11180, JordanKing Hussein School of Computing Sciences, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman 11941, JordanA Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a type of cybercrime that renders a target service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from several sources (attack nodes). In this paper, we focus on DDoS attacks on a computer network by spreading bots throughout the network. A mathematical differential equation model is proposed to represent the dynamism of nodes at different compartments of the model. The model considers two levels of security, with the assumption that the recovered nodes do not return to the same security level. In previous models, the recovered nodes are returned to be suspect on the same security level, which is an unrealistic assumption. Moreover, it is assumed that the attacker can use the infected target nodes to attack again. With such epidemic-like assumptions of infection, different cases are presented and discussed, and the stability of the model is analyzed as well; reversing the symmetry transformation of attacking nodes population is also proven. The proposed model has many parameters in order to precisely describe the infection movement and propagation. Numerical simulation methods are used to solve the developed system of equations using MATLAB, with the intention of finding the best counteraction to control DDoS spread throughout a network.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/12/2443computer networksdifferential equationsdynamic equilibriumnetwork serversnon-linear dynamical systemsnon-linear equations |
| spellingShingle | Ashraf Ahmad Yousef AbuHour Firas Alghanim A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity Symmetry computer networks differential equations dynamic equilibrium network servers non-linear dynamical systems non-linear equations |
| title | A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity |
| title_full | A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity |
| title_short | A Novel Model for Distributed Denial of Service Attack Analysis and Interactivity |
| title_sort | novel model for distributed denial of service attack analysis and interactivity |
| topic | computer networks differential equations dynamic equilibrium network servers non-linear dynamical systems non-linear equations |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/12/2443 |
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