Extreme Distributed Denial of Service Defense (XD3)
Abstract
Building upon work in the Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds (MRC) program, the Extreme Distributed Denial of Service Defense (XD3) program will develop new computer networking architectures better able to deter, detect, and overcome distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks include not only high-volume flooding attacks of hundreds of gigabits per second, but more subtle low-volume attacks that evade traditional intrusion detection systems while causing exhaustion of server processor and memory capacity. These attacks will likely accelerate as the Internet of Things (IoT) expands to new classes of devices that in many cases will be deployed with inadequate security controls: attackers will incorporate poorly defended IoT devices in their botnets. XD3 will develop defensive architectures that use maneuver, deception, dispersion, and on-host adaptation to increase adversary work factors, boost resilience of mission critical services such as command and control, and ultimately thwart DDoS attacks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- a791a82bce360e56ee7ffa328ae7b306