NSF United-States/Middle-East Workshop On

Trustworthiness in Emerging Distributed Systems and Networks

 

Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

June 4-6, 2012

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Perspectives on Countering Internet Attacks and Disrupting Their Ecosystem

Vern Paxson (University of California, Berkeley)

In this talk I'll frame a number of perspectives drawn from my experiences in pursuing research on detecting and blocking Internet attacks, as well as attempting to understand the nature and potential vulnerabilities of the cybercrime "ecosystem" that today fuels the vast majority of this activity. My goal is to bring out some salient points about both the problem space and the challenges in conducting such research in an effective manner.

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Updated On: June 13, 2012