In the time it takes to read this sentence, the 2003 Slammer worm was
able to probe over a hundred million Internet hosts. Worse, this
attack was both trivial and unsophisticated. Unfortunately, the
combination of widespread software homogeneity and unrestricted
connectivity has created "perfect storm" conditions for such Internet
outbreaks. This talk will survey the concrete threats posed by
epidemic attacks, the engineering requirements for meaningful
defenses, and the technologies being developed to protect future
systems.
In collaboration with Martin Casado (Stanford), Jay Chen, kc claffy,
Weidong Cui (UCB), Cristian Estan (Wisconsin), Ranjit Jhala,
Chris Kanich, Erin Kenneally, Christian Kreibich (Cambridge),
Kirill Levchenko, Justin Ma, John McCullough, David Moore,
Vern Paxson (ICSI), Stefan Savage, Colleen Shannon, Sumeet Singh,
Alex Snoeren, Amin Vahdat, Erik Vandekeift, George Varghese,
Michael Vrable, Nick Weaver (ICSI), Qing Zhang.