METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND DISABLING SOURCES OF NETWORK PACKET FLOODING

摘要

A system and method of analyzing data traffic associated with messages being sent through a communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving data traffic, obtaining characteristics of data traffic and identifying packet flooding by analyzing the characteristics. The system and method may analyze the data traffic to determine whether the data traffic is not bursty. The system and method may also correlate characteristics of the data traffic to a Hurst parameter. The system and method may respond to pack et flooding by terminating a connection associated with data traffic. Denial of service attacks can be prevented by analyzing statistics regarding the netwo rk data traffic.