Mitigating Network-Based Denial-of-Service Attacks with Client Puzzles

Over the past few years, denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become more of a threat than ever. These attacks are aimed at denying or degrading service for a legitimate user by any means necessary. The need to propose and research novel methods to mitigate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McNevin, Timothy John
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31941
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262005-104452/