Project Summary
Over the last few years, the phrase “The Internet is Broken” has been repeatedly used to highlight the
current Internet’s inability to combat network attacks, such as self-propagating malware and distributed
denial-of-service attacks. While the jury is out on whether this phrase is appropriate or hyperbolic,
security professionals widely agree that the original Internet design with a “trust-everybody” approach
is naïve and needs at the very least to be reconsidered or to be scrapped altogether. Moreover, there is
widespread consensus that in the next-generation Internet the entire burden of security cannot be assigned to
the endpoints and edge networks, and that some notion of security needs to be embedded into the network core.
Under this project, we will investigate a network-embedded security framework, in which the endpoints,
the edge networks and the network core act in a coordinated and practical manner to defeat high-rate
traffic attacks. The objective of this project is to indigenously research a state-of-the-art network
security solution in Pakistan. The proposed security solution will be tested on academic and industrial
networks and its outputs will be widely disseminated in research and development communities throughout
the world. The results of the proposed research will also be patented internationally. Successful
completion of this project can result in the proposed solution being incorporated into the next
generation Internet design thereby resulting in significant research credibility and wealth generation
for Pakistan.
Project Details
Start Date:August, 2008
Duration:36 Months
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