Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Botnet Simulation for Measuring Its Robustness
Abstract: Malware attacks
on the Internet have
increased substantially in recent
years for which
botnets are a root
cause. A
"botnet" is a
network of compromised
computers controlled by an
attacker known as
the "botmaster". To be able
to effectively detect and defend against botnets, it is very important to have
a good understanding of their construction procedure and
propagation methodology. In
this work, we study
the construction of
an unstructured peer-to-peer botnet, its
propagation methodology, diurnal
properties and robustness. This
simulation shows that the more frequently a node updates its buddy list, the
lesser is the process overhead involved.
Author: Sayed Muchallil,
Subhasish Dutta Chowdhuri, Kiran Venkatesh, Abhiram Doddaballapur Venkatraman and Candeep Singh
Journal Code: jptlisetrogg110005
