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Descriptive model of peer-to-peer botnet structures

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Peer-to-peer (P2P) Botnets, which are more resilient and robust than centralized botnets, have emerged as the peer-to-peer technology evolves. Better understanding of this new phenomenon will help researchers develop detection and mitigation methods. Most of existing work is case study of typical P2P botnets. In this paper, we focus on systematically analyzing structures of P2P botnets. We propose a descriptive model of P2P botnet structures, which consists of features of P2P bot, definitions of structures, and structural properties. Firstly, we detail two key functionalities of P2P bot, command-and-control (C&C) functionality and peer-to-peer (P2P) functionality, and give several features of P2P bot. And then, we define two structures of P2P botnets: C&C structure and P2P structure. To characterize these structures, we propose several properties and corresponding quantitative methods. Finally, we conduct experiments to verify our results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEIT 2010 - 2010 International Conference on Educational and Information Technology, Proceedings
PagesV3153-V3157
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 International Conference on Educational and Information Technology, ICEIT 2010 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 17 Sep 201019 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameICEIT 2010 - 2010 International Conference on Educational and Information Technology, Proceedings
Volume3

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Educational and Information Technology, ICEIT 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period17/09/1019/09/10

Keywords

  • Peer to peer Botnets
  • Structural properties
  • Structures

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