Temporal Lensing and Its Application in Pulsing Denial-of-Service Attacks

Temporal Lensing and Its Application in Pulsing Denial-of-Service Attacks

Explore the concept of "temporal lensing" and its potential application in pulsing Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks in this 22-minute IEEE conference talk. Delve into how this technique concentrates low-bandwidth floods into short, high-bandwidth pulses using existing DNS infrastructure. Examine experimental results demonstrating how attackers can achieve peak bandwidths significantly higher than their upload capacity. Investigate the combination of lensing with amplification techniques for potentially devastating effects. Learn about the attack prototype setup, metrics, parameters, and scaling results. Consider possible extensions, retransmission strategies, and defense mechanisms against this novel attack vector.