Analyzing Single-Server Network Inhibition

Citation

• T. Aura, M. Bishop, and D. Sniegowski, “Analyzing Single-Server Network Inhibition,” Proceedings of the 13th Computer Security Foundations Workshop pp. 108–117 (July 2000).

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• DOI: 10.1109/CSFW.2000.856930
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Abstract

Network inhibition is a denial-of-service attack where the adversary attempts to disconnect network elements by disabling a limited number of communication links or nodes. We analyze a common variation of network inhibition where the links have infinite capacity and the goal of the attacker is to deny connections from a single server to as many clients as possible. The problem is defined formally and shown to be NP complete. Nevertheless, we develop a practical technique for network-inhibition analysis based on logic programming with stable-model semantics. The analysis scales well up to moderate-size networks. The results are a step towards quantitative analysis of denial of service and they can be applied to the design of robust network topologies.

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The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the 13th Computer Security Foundations Workshop, July 2000.