The Need for Traceback

• Internet hosts are vulnerable

  • Many attacks consist of very few packets
  • Fraggle, Teardrop, ping-of-death, etc.

• Internet Protocol permits anonymity

  • Attackers can ìspoofî source address
  • IP forwarding maintains no audit trails

• Need a separate traceback facility

  • For a given packet, find the path to source

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