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An Adaptive Protection of Flooding Attacks Model for Complex Network Environments

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dc.contributor.authorKhalaf B.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMostafa S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMustapha A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohammed M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMahmoud M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAl-Rimy B.A.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbd Razak S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorElhoseny M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMarks A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57205359430en_US
dc.contributor.authorid37036085800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57200530694en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57192089894en_US
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dc.contributor.authorid57202120585en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57148260400en_US
dc.contributor.authorid24759128700en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T09:11:48Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T09:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionAutonomous agents; Complex networks; Computational methods; Floods; Internet protocols; Network layers; Network security; Statistical tests; Adaptive protection; Denial of Service; Distributed denial of service; Network applications; Network environments; Potential targets; Simulation systems; Traffic intensity; Denial-of-service attacken_US
dc.description.abstractCurrently, online organizational resources and assets are potential targets of several types of attack, the most common being flooding attacks. We consider the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) as the most dangerous type of flooding attack that could target those resources. The DDoS attack consumes network available resources such as bandwidth, processing power, and memory, thereby limiting or withholding accessibility to users. The Flash Crowd (FC) is quite similar to the DDoS attack whereby many legitimate users concurrently access a particular service, the number of which results in the denial of service. Researchers have proposed many different models to eliminate the risk of DDoS attacks, but only few efforts have been made to differentiate it from FC flooding as FC flooding also causes the denial of service and usually misleads the detection of the DDoS attacks. In this paper, an adaptive agent-based model, known as an Adaptive Protection of Flooding Attacks (APFA) model, is proposed to protect the Network Application Layer (NAL) against DDoS flooding attacks and FC flooding traffics. The APFA model, with the aid of an adaptive analyst agent, distinguishes between DDoS and FC abnormal traffics. It then separates DDoS botnet from Demons and Zombies to apply suitable attack handling methodology. There are three parameters on which the agent relies, normal traffic intensity, traffic attack behavior, and IP address history log, to decide on the operation of two traffic filters. We test and evaluate the APFA model via a simulation system using CIDDS as a standard dataset. The model successfully adapts to the simulated attack scenarios' changes and determines 303,024 request conditions for the tested 135,583 IP addresses. It achieves an accuracy of 0.9964, a precision of 0.9962, and a sensitivity of 0.9996, and outperforms three tested similar models. In addition, the APFA model contributes to identifying and handling the actual trigger of DDoS attack and differentiates it from FC flooding, which is rarely implemented in one model. � 2021 Bashar Ahmad Khalaf et al.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo5542919
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2021/5542919
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85105362658
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105362658&doi=10.1155%2f2021%2f5542919&partnerID=40&md5=e35d7a1138f19acf49c617ad593bb5fe
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26547
dc.identifier.volume2021
dc.publisherHindawi Limiteden_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleSecurity and Communication Networks
dc.titleAn Adaptive Protection of Flooding Attacks Model for Complex Network Environmentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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