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Network Telescope Research

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A network telescope is a portion of routed IP address space on which little or no legitimate traffic exists. Monitoring unexpected traffic arriving at a network telescope yields a view of certain remote network events. Among the visible events are various forms of flooding DoS attacks, infection of hosts by Internet worms, and network scanning. This work would not be possible without the cooperation of UCSD Network Operations and support from DARPA, NSF, Cisco Systems and Caida members.
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|  Network Telescope:    Data    Presentations    Papers    Sponsors  |

Network Telescope Data

Many privacy and security concerns are associated with Network Telescope datasets. Because some viruses and worms involve the installation of backdoors that provide unfettered access to infected computers, telescope data may contain features that advertise these vulnerable machines. Also, while the source of some types of telescope traffic, including denial-of-service attacks and worms, is readily apparent, a significant volume of traffic is of unknown origin. Without identifying the traffic, we cannot assess the security and privacy impact of releasing the data.

CAIDA makes available a number of datasets for researchers who wish to study data collected at the UCSD Network Telescope. These datasets represent the major sources of telescope traffic:

Network Telescope Datasets

Security Presentations

Year Month Presenter(s) Title Venue Topic(s)
2008
May claffy, k CAIDA participation in PREDICT ARIN
- data
- measurement
- overview
- policy
- security
2007
May Shannon, C Current Network Security Threats: DoS, Viruses, Worms, Botnets TERENA Networking Conference
- security
2007
Jan Shannon, C
Moore, D
Blackworm: Analyzing the Spread of a Worm from Poisoned IP Data ISOI
- security
2006
Nov Shannon, C Internet Measurement Data Catalog and Security Research Overview WIDE
- data
- software/tools
- security
2006
Oct Wessels, D Whats Wrong With The DNS RIPE
- dns
- data
- overview
- security
2006
Oct Moore, D Anomaly Sampling (bringing diversity to network security) Flocon
- security
- measurement methodology
2006
Jul Moore, D Anomaly Sampling (bringing diversity to network security) Intimate Workshop
- security
- measurement methodology
2006
Feb Wessels, D DNS Cache Poisoners Lazy, Stupid, or Evil? NANOG
- dns
- security
2005
Mar Moore, D Detecting Internet Worms UCSD Research Exam
- security
- measurement methodology
- passive data analysis
2005
Mar Moore, D Measuring a Malicious Internet UCSD Thesis Proposal
- security
- measurement methodology
- passive data analysis
2004
Nov Shannon, C The UCSD Network Telescope CCIED
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Sep Shannon, C The UCSD Network Telescope BBN
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Sep Shannon, C The UCSD Network Telescope Equinix
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Sep Shannon, C The UCSD Network Telescope Lincoln Labs
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Jul Shannon, C The Spread of the Witty Worm LISA
- security
2004
Jun Shannon, C The Spread of the Witty Worm SDRIW
- security
2004
Apr Shannon, C Security Data Collection at CAIDA WIDE
- data
- security
2004
Feb Shannon, C Analysis of the December DDoS Attack Against SCO NANOG
- security
2004
Jan Shannon, C Network Telescopes: Remote Monitoring of Internet Worms and Denial-of-Service Attacks Intel
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Jan Shannon, C Network Telescopes: Remote Monitoring of Internet Worms and Denial-of-Service Attacks ATT Labs
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Jan Shannon, C Network Telescopes: Remote Monitoring of Internet Worms and Denial-of-Service Attacks Boston University
- security
- measurement methodology
2003
Oct Moore, D Network Telescopes Overview: What is a Network Telescope? LISA
- security
- measurement methodology
- passive data analysis
2003
Sep Moore, D Network Telescopes DIMACS
- security
- measurement methodology
- passive data analysis
2003
Jul Shannon, C
Moore, D
Internet Worms: Current Capabilities in Awareness, Detection, Response Cisco
- security
2003
Apr Moore, D Internet Quarantine: Requirements for Containing Self-Propagating Code INFOCOM
- security
2003
Feb Moore, D Understanding Global Internet Health UC Regents
- security
- overview
2003
Jan Moore, D Understanding Global Internet Health CAIDA
- security
- overview
2002
Aug Moore, D Network Telescopes: Observing Small or Distant Security Events USENIX
- security
- measurement methodology
- passive data analysis
2002
Mar Moore, D Fundamental Limits on Blocking Self-Propagating Code CSTB
- security
2001
Oct Moore, D Recent Internet Worms: Who are the Victims and How Good are We at Getting the Word Out? NANOG
- security
2001
Aug Moore, D Code Red the second coming - from whence diurnal cycles USENIX
- security
2001
Aug Moore, D Worldwide Detection of Denial of Service DoS Attacks USENIX
- security
1999
Dec claffy, k traffic observation in a stateless data networking environment CRISP Cybercrime Workshop
- security

Security Papers

Year Author(s) Title Publication Topic(s)
2006
Broido, A.
Shang, H.
Fomenkov, M.
Hyun, Y.
claffy, k.
The Windows of Private DNS Updates ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communications Review (CCR)
- dns
- security
- policy
2006
Moore, D.
Shannon, C.
Brown, D.
Voelker, G.
Savage, S.
Inferring Internet Denial-of-Service Activity ACM Transactions on Computer Systems
- security
2005
Vrable, M.
Ma, J.
Chen, J.
Moore, D.
Vandekieft, E.
Snoeren, A.
Voelker, G.
Savage, S.
Scalability, Fidelity and Containment in the Potemkin Virtual Honeyfarm ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles (SOSP)
- security
2005
Kohno, T.
Broido, A.
claffy, k.
Remote physical device fingerprinting IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Staniford, S.
Moore, D.
Paxson, V.
Weaver, N.
The Top Speed of Flash Worms ACM Workshop on Rapid Malcode (WORM)
- security
2004
Shannon, C.
Moore, D.
The Spread of the Witty Worm IEEE Security and Privacy
- security
2004
Moore, D.
Shannon, C.
Voelker, G.
Savage, S.
Network Telescopes: Technical Report Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
- security
- measurement methodology
2004
Shah, K.
Bohacek, S.
Broido, A.
Feasibility of Detecting TCP-SYN Scanning at a Backbone router IEEE American Control Conference
- security
2003
Moore, D.
Paxson, V.
Savage, S.
Shannon, C.
Staniford, S.
Weaver, N.
Inside the Slammer Worm IEEE Security and Privacy
- security
2003
Moore, D.
Shannon, C.
Voelker, G.
Savage, S.
Internet Quarantine: Requirements for Containing Self-Propagating Code IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
- security
2003
Moore, D.
Paxson, V.
Savage, S.
Shannon, C.
Staniford, S.
Weaver, N.
The Spread of the Sapphire/Slammer Worm CAIDA, ICSI, Silicon Defense, UC Berkeley EECS and UC San Diego CSE
- security
- passive data analysis
2002
Moore, D.
Shannon, C.
Brown, J.
Code-Red: a case study on the spread and victims of an Internet worm Internet Measurement Workshop (IMW)
- security
- passive data analysis
2001
Moore, D.
Voelker, G.
Savage, S.
Inferring Internet Denial-of-Service Activity Usenix Security Symposium
- security
1995
claffy, k.
Gross, A
Braun, H.-W.
Measured interference of security mechanisms with network performance International Networking Conference (INET)
- security

Network Telescope Sponsors

Cisco Systems Limelight Networks National Science Foundation Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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