Content-Centric Networking: Effect of Content Caching on Mitigating DoS Attack
Content-Centric Networking (CCN) is a novel networking paradigm making named data the first class entity rather than IP address. That is, it cares about which data to fetch rather than which host to reach. One key feature of CCN is the content caching that CCN routers are caching named contents instead of IP addresses, which makes the effect of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack different from in TCP/IP networking. In this paper, we propose a DoS attack model for CCN. Comparing with TCP/IP networking, we use the model evaluations and NS2 simulations to show the effectiveness of CCNs content caching on limiting DoS attack. In addition, we analyze how the content caching Time-To-Live (TTL) in CCN affects DoS attack. Both the results show CCN has better survivability and resilience than TCP/IP networking when suffering DoS attack and larger content caching TTL brings in better DoS limiting effect.
Keywords: Computer network reliability, Network Modeling and Simulation, Content-Centric Networking, content caching, Denial-of-Service
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kai Wang
Kai Wang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2009. He is pursuing the Ph.D. degree at national engineering laboratory for next generation Internet interconnection devices, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include network security and next generation Internet technology.
Jia Chen
Jia Chen received her BEng degree in Communication Engineering in 2005 from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China. She received Master of Research (MRes) degree in Telecommunications in 2006, and the Ph. D degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2010 from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College London, UK. She worked in British Telecommunication (UK) for an industry fellowship position from Jan. 2009 to Apr. 2009. She joined Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China) as a lecturer since July 2010. Her current research interests include architecture and protocol design and analysis for the future Internet.
Huachun Zhou
Huachun Zhou received his B.S. degree from People¡¯s Police Officer University of China in 1986, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University of China in 1989 and 2008, respectively. He is currently a professor with the Institute of Electronic Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University of China. His main research interests are in the area of mobility management, mobile and secure computing, routing protocols, network management technologies and database applications.
Yajuan Qin
Yajuan Qin received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Elec-tronic Science and Technology of China (formerly known as Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering) in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2003. From January 2002 to April 2002, she was a research associate at CRL, Japan. In 2003, she joined the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, where she is a full professor. She has published more than 30 research papers and is the holder of more than ten patents. Her research interests are in the areas of computer networks and wireless communications.
Kai Wang
Kai Wang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2009. He is pursuing the Ph.D. degree at national engineering laboratory for next generation Internet interconnection devices, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include network security and next generation Internet technology.
Jia Chen
Jia Chen received her BEng degree in Communication Engineering in 2005 from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China. She received Master of Research (MRes) degree in Telecommunications in 2006, and the Ph. D degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2010 from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College London, UK. She worked in British Telecommunication (UK) for an industry fellowship position from Jan. 2009 to Apr. 2009. She joined Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China) as a lecturer since July 2010. Her current research interests include architecture and protocol design and analysis for the future Internet.
Huachun Zhou
Huachun Zhou received his B.S. degree from People¡¯s Police Officer University of China in 1986, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University of China in 1989 and 2008, respectively. He is currently a professor with the Institute of Electronic Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University of China. His main research interests are in the area of mobility management, mobile and secure computing, routing protocols, network management technologies and database applications.
Yajuan Qin
Yajuan Qin received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Elec-tronic Science and Technology of China (formerly known as Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering) in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2003. From January 2002 to April 2002, she was a research associate at CRL, Japan. In 2003, she joined the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, where she is a full professor. She has published more than 30 research papers and is the holder of more than ten patents. Her research interests are in the areas of computer networks and wireless communications.
