Probabalistic packet marking
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
InventorMicah Adler
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Abstract
A method for probabilistic packet marking in a network includes encoding Internet Protocol (IP) traceback information using b bits located in a packet header. The IP traceback information includes information on an IP traceback path back to a source system and a count of each type of packet. The method also includes forming the IP traceback path as packets are received by a destination system and completing the traceback path after a determined number of packets are received by the destination system.
Claims15
A method for probabilistic marking in a network comprising:
- encoding Internet Protocol (IP) traceback information using b bits located in a packet header, the IP traceback information including information on an IP traceback path back to a source system and a count of each type of packet;
- forming the IP traceback path as packets are received by a destination system;
- and
- completing the traceback path after a determined number of packets are received by the destination system.
An apparatus for probabilistic packet marking in a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory that stores executable instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions to:
- encode Internet Protocol (IP) traceback information using b bits located in a packet header, the IP traceback information including information on an IP traceback path back to a source system and a count of each type of packet;
- form the IP traceback path as packets are received by a destination system;
- and
- complete the traceback path after a determined number of packets are received by the destination system.
An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions for probabilistic packet marking in a network, the instructions causing a machine to:
- encode Internet Protocol (IP) traceback information using b bits located in a packet header, the IP traceback information including information on an IP traceback path back to a source system and a count of each type of packet;
- form the IP traceback path as packets are received by a destination system;
- and
- complete the traceback path after a determined number of packets are received by the destination system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.