Wes Hardaker

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Designing a Test Bed for Evaluating DDoS Defense
Research

• Wes Hardaker
• Eric Monteith, Russ Mundy, Eric OBrian, Ron
  Ostrenga, Dan Sterne, Roshan Thomas
• NAI Labs under contract to DARPA

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Designing a Test Bed for Evaluating DDoS Defense
Research

• Building a test environment to emulate the real
  world

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Overview

• Todays World
• Our Study and Goals
• Collecting Information
• The BOF Tonight
• Questions

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Todays World
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Todays DDoS World
Network Complex
Them many
You few
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Todays Research World
Them few
Network Simple
You 1
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A Huge Discrepancy
The Real World
Research/Validation
Cost
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The Middle Ground
The Real World
US
Research/Validation
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Study Goals

• Construction Specifications
• Possible Network Topologies
• Equipment needs and costs
• Connectivity to the real Internet
• Staffing and administration

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Study Goals

• Simulation and Usage Specifications
• Manually Launched attack using real DDoS tools
• Capture and Replay of traffic
• Traffic generation

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We Need Help

• We are seeking input from
• Vendors
• Large ISPs
• Research Organizations
• Government Organizations
• Victim Sites
• You!

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We Need Your Help

• BOF Tonight
• Requirement Discussion.
• Solution Discussion.
• Feedback from you.

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Questions

• ?

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Contact Us

• ddos-site_at_tislabs.com
• hardaker_at_tislabs.com

• Project Team
• Wes Hardaker