Multi-Domain DDoS Mitigation Based on Blockchains

Journal
IFIP International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security
ISSN
0302-9743
Type
Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres::text::conference object
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
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Thomas Bocek
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Burkhard Stiller
DOI
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The exponential increase of the traffic volume makes Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks a top security threat to service providers. Existing DDoS defense mechanisms lack resources and flexibility to cope with attacks by themselves, and by utilizing other’s companies resources, the burden of the mitigation can be shared. Technologies as blockchain and smart contracts allow distributing attack information across multiple domains, while SDN (Software-Defined Networking) and NFV (Network Function Virtualization) enables to scale defense capabilities on demand for a single network domain. This proposal presents the design of a novel architecture combining these elements and introducing novel opportunities for flexible and efficient DDoS mitigation solutions across multiple domains.</jats:p>
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Official URL
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