Defending web services against denial of service attacks using client puzzles
Contribuinte(s) |
Foster, Ian Moser, Louise Zhang, Jia |
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01/07/2011
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Resumo |
The interoperable and loosely-coupled web services architecture, while beneficial, can be resource-intensive, and is thus susceptible to denial of service (DoS) attacks in which an attacker can use a relatively insignificant amount of resources to exhaust the computational resources of a web service. We investigate the effectiveness of defending web services from DoS attacks using client puzzles, a cryptographic countermeasure which provides a form of gradual authentication by requiring the client to solve some computationally difficult problems before access is granted. In particular, we describe a mechanism for integrating a hash-based puzzle into existing web services frameworks and analyze the effectiveness of the countermeasure using a variety of scenarios on a network testbed. Client puzzles are an effective defence against flooding attacks. They can also mitigate certain types of semantic-based attacks, although they may not be the optimal solution. |
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Publicador |
IEEE Computer Society |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/43667/1/43667.pdf DOI:10.1109/ICWS.2011.22 Suriadi, Suriadi, Stebila, Douglas, Clark, Andrew, & Liu, Hua (2011) Defending web services against denial of service attacks using client puzzles. In Foster, Ian, Moser, Louise, & Zhang, Jia (Eds.) 2011 IEEE 9th International Conference on Web Services, IEEE Computer Society, Washington, D.C, pp. 25-32. |
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Faculty of Science and Technology; Information Security Institute |
Palavras-Chave | #080303 Computer System Security #080505 Web Technologies (excl. Web Search) #web services #denial of service #client puzzles #web services security |
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Conference Paper |