http://news.techworld.com/security/3354992/hyperspeed-signalling-could-prevent-cyber-attacks-claim-researchers/ By Sophie Curtis Techworld 01 May 2012 Security engineers at the University of Tulsa have found a way to identify cyber attacks before they reach their target, enabling network administrators to take pre-emptive measures to protect their IT systems. In a report published in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, the engineers explained that slowing traffic by just a few milliseconds can give networks time to identify malicious data packets. The team have developed an algorithm that sends high-speed signals flying ahead of the malware to mobilise defences. “Hyperspeed signalling uses optimal (hyperspeed) paths to transmit high priority traffic while other traffic is sent along suboptimal (slower) paths,” stated the report. “Slowing the traffic ever so slightly enables the faster command and control messages to implement sophisticated network defence mechanisms.” One of the report's authors, Sujeet Shenoi, admitted to New Scientist magazine that adapting an existing network to run the algorithm would not be cheap. Investment in caching technology and new defence mechanisms would be required, and reserving a data pathway for the use of hyper-speed command and control signals could be seen as a waste of capacity. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Tue May 01 2012 - 23:48:09 PDT
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