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Protecting web services from DDoS attacks by SOTA

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Ashley ChonkaAshley Chonka, W Zhou, Yang XiangYang Xiang
In the area of SOA and Web Service Security,many well defined security dimensions have been established. However, current Web Security Systems (WS-Security for example) are not equipped to handle Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In this paper we extend upon our previous work on, Service Oriented Traceback Architecture (SOTA), in order to defend WebServices against such attacks. SOTA’s main objective is to identify the true identity of forged messages, since an attacker tries to hide their identity, in which to avoid current defence systems and escape prosecution. To accomplish the main objective, SOTA should be attached as close to the source of the attack. When an incoming SOAP message comes into the router, it is tagged with our own SOAP header. The header can be used to traverse the network back to the true source of the attack. According to our experimental evaluations we find that SOTA is simple and effective to use against DDoS attacks.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Start Page

1

End Page

6

Number of Pages

6

Start Date

2008-01-01

ISBN-13

9780980326727

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Publisher

Macquarie Scientific Publishing

Place of Publication

Bathurst, N.S.W.

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Deakin University; Faculty of Business and Informatics; Not affiliated to a Research Institute;

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Name of Conference

International Conference on Information Technology and Applications