A survey of distributed denial-of-service attack, prevention, and mitigation techniques. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mahjabin, Tasnuva; Xiao, Yang; Sun, Guang; Jiang, Wangdong
• Is Part Of: International journal of distributed sensor networks. Volume 13:Number 12(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Denial-of-service -- distributed denial-of-service -- Internet of Things -- Internet of Things botnet -- distributed denial-of-service attack defense -- distributed denial-of-service prevention -- distributed denial-of-service mitigation; Sensor networks -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; Multisensor data fusion -- Periodicals; 681.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1550147717741463
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-1329

Abstract

Distributed denial-of-service is one kind of the most highlighted and most important attacks of today's cyberworld. With simple but extremely powerful attack mechanisms, it introduces an immense threat to current Internet community. In this article, we present a comprehensive survey of distributed denial-of-service attack, prevention, and mitigation techniques. We provide a systematic analysis of this type of attacks including motivations and evolution, analysis of different attacks so far, protection techniques and mitigation techniques, and possible limitations and challenges of existing research. Finally, some important research directions are outlined which require more attentions in near future to ensure successful defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks.