A Network Pump

Abstract

A designer of reliable multi-level secure (MLS) networks must consider covert channels and denial of service attacks in addition to traditional network Performance measures such as throughput, fairness, and reliability. In this paper we show how to extend the NRL data Pump to a certain MLS network architecture in order to balance the requirements of congestion control, fairness, good performance, and reliability against those of minimal threats from covert channels and denial of service attacks. We back up our claims with simulation results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA465278

Entities

People

  • Daniel C Lee
  • Ira S. Moskowitz
  • Myong H. Kang

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Channel Capacity
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Theory
  • Malware
  • Military Research
  • Network Architecture
  • Operations Research
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • Trojan Horse

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Cybersecurity.