Abstract:

In order to understand the principles of future malicious overlay networks （MONs） and establish the corresponding defense strategies, a feasible des   ign of the P2P-structured command and control （C＆C） MONs is presented in this paper. In the design, a self-constrained worm based node capture strate egy, a preferential attachment based link generation strategy,and a gossip protocol based message broadcast strategy are adopted together. A simulation   analysis is also performed.

Key words: malicious overlay network, sel-constrained worm, preferential attachment gossip protocol