AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT COMPUTER NETWORK ATTACK PROCEDURES, THEIR MITIGATION MEASURES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DoS) ATTACK MODEL

摘要

This paper presents the major network attack profiles, taxonomies, classification and identification frameworks. Further, current approaches for intrusion detection on networks were x-rayed though, with emphasis on Denial of Service (DoS) attacks only. The concept of intelligent agents and subsequently adaptive systems was elucidated, the properties derived were used as a proof of concept, and then applied in the development of a model for an adaptive intelligent multi-agent for network protection, against denial of service attacks.