Measuring Network Vulnerability Based on Pathology

摘要：

This paper compares disease with network vulnerability by their definitions and characteristics. A mapping between disease and vulnerability is built based on their similarities. We put forward a novel model of vulnerabilities in computer networks by simulating the reverse of cause-result of disease. Based on the model, a quantitative metric for vulnerabilities of computer networks is presented. The complexity of the algorithm for computing the metric is O(|V|2 ×|S|), where V and S stand for set of vulnerabilities and set of network states. By analyzing different structures of the vulnerability model, we found that the value reflecting vulnerability decreases when the model is more linear.

作者: Yulong Wang Fangchun Yang Qibo Sun

作者单位: State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Ninth International Conference on Web-Age Information Management(第九届web时代信息管理国际会议)(WAIM 2008)

会议地点: 张家界

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-07-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）