Title: DHT-based security infrastructure for trusted internet and grid computing

Authors: Kai Hwang, Min Cai, Yu-Kwong Kwok, Shanshan Song, Yu Chen, Ying Chen

Addresses: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA. ' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA. ' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA. ' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA. ' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA. ' University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086, USA

Abstract: We designed a distributed security infrastructure with self-defence capabilities to secure networked resources in Grids and internet applications. This paper reports new developments in fuzzy trust management, game-theoretic Grid models, security-binding methodology, as well as new Grid performance metrics, defence architecture and mechanisms against intrusions, worms, and low-rate pulsing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The design is based on a novel Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for security enforcement among Grid sites scattered over the internet.

Keywords: security infrastructure; internet computing; grid computing; intrusion detection; worm containment; DDoS defence; distributed hash table; critical infrastructures; network security.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2006.011348

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2006 Vol.2 No.4, pp.412 - 433

Published online: 21 Nov 2006 *

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