Name
Abstract | ||
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The transformation of telecommunications networks from homogeneous closed systems providing only voice services to Internet-connected open networks that provide voice and data services presents significant security challenges. For example, recent research illustrated that a carefully crafted DoS attack via text messaging could incapacitate all voice communications in a metropolitan area with little more than a cable modem. This attack highlights a growing threat to these systems; namely, cellular networks are increasingly exposed to adversaries both in and outside the network. In this paper, we use a combination of modeling and simulation to demonstrate the feasibility of targeted text messaging attacks. Under realistic network conditions, we show that adversaries can achieve blocking rates of more than 70% with only limited resources. We then develop and characterize five techniques from within two broad classes of countermeasures - queue management and resource provisioning. Our analysis demonstrates that these techniques can eliminate or extensively mitigate even the most intense targeted text messaging attacks. We conclude by considering the tradeoffs inherent to the application of these techniques in current and next generation telecommunications networks. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1109/TNET.2008.925939 | Proceedings of the 18th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
intense targeted text,text messaging,voice communication,voice service,sms,open-functionality,cellular network,telecommunications,targeted text,dos attack,sms-capable cellular network,realistic network condition,next generation telecommunications network,internet-connected open network,mitigating attack,open functionality,denial-of-service,cable modem,modeling and simulation,internet,telecommunications networks,queueing theory,data security,denial of service,closed system,queue management,resource management | Resource management,Data security,Cable modem,Telecommunications network,Denial-of-service attack,Computer science,Computer security,Computer network,Provisioning,Cellular network,The Internet | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
17 | 1 | 1063-6692 |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
1-59593-286-0 | 58 | 5.08 |
References | Authors | |
21 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Traynor | 1 | 1171 | 87.80 |
| William Enck | 2 | 2832 | 221.77 |
| P. McDaniel | 3 | 7174 | 494.57 |
| Thomas La Porta | 4 | 801 | 91.33 |