Domain Generation and Blacklists - A Problem

Abstract

Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA):Algorithmic generation of domain names, generally to avoid blacklisting. Made famous by conficker back in 2008. We did a comparative analysis of open-source DGA detectors. Will provide conceptual results. We followed up on the question as to what impact DGA has on the shape of the blacklist ecosystem as a whole. Thanks to the bright folks at NASK for first raising this question.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1085825

Entities

People

  • Jonathan Spring
  • Leigh Metcalf

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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  • Cyber

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  • Algorithms
  • Case Studies
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Guarantees
  • Intellectual Property
  • Materials
  • Personality
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Software Development
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Statistics
  • Universities

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  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.