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Protecting web applications from DDoS attacks by an active distributed defense system

Xiang, Yang and Zhou, Wanlei 2006, Protecting web applications from DDoS attacks by an active distributed defense system, International journal of web information systems, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 37-44.

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Title Protecting web applications from DDoS attacks by an active distributed defense system
Author(s) Xiang, Yang
Zhou, Wanlei
Journal name International journal of web information systems
Volume number 2
Issue number 1
Start page 37
End page 44
Publisher Troubador Publishing Limited
Place of publication Leicester, England
Publication date 2006
ISSN 1744-0084
Keyword(s) active distributed defense system
distributed denial of service
network congestion
web application
Summary In the last a few years a number of highly publicized incidents of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against high-profile government and commercial websites have made people aware of the importance of providing data and services security to users. A DDoS attack is an availability attack, which is characterized by an explicit attempt from an attacker to prevent legitimate users of a service from using the desired resources. This paper introduces the vulnerability of web applications to DDoS attacks, and presents an active distributed defense system that has a deployment mixture of sub-systems to protect web applications from DDoS attacks. According to the simulation experiments, this system is effective in that it is able to defend web applications against attacks. It can avoid overall network congestion and provide more resources to legitimate web users.
Language eng
Field of Research 080303 Computer System Security
Socio Economic Objective 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004050

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Engineering and Information Technology
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