Accountability as a service

  • Authors:
  • Adam Bender;Neil Spring;Dave Levin;Bobby Bhattacharjee

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland, College Park;University of Maryland, College Park;University of Maryland, College Park;University of Maryland, College Park

  • Venue:
  • SRUTI'07 Proceedings of the 3rd USENIX workshop on Steps to reducing unwanted traffic on the internet
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We propose that accountability be a first-class network service, independent of addressing and routing. We design a scheme for allowing accountability services, rather than connectivity-providing ISPs, to vouch for traffic, allowing victims to report abuse, filter abusive traffic, and isolate malicious senders. We discuss how accountability services may evolve, how they may facilitate new applications, and the implications of shifting the burden of network policing to a dedicated service.