A Secure TCP Connection Migration Protocol to Enable the Survivability of Client-Server Applications Under Malicious Attack

Authors:
Indrajit Ray;Sonja Tideman
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, 601 S Howes Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. E-mail: indrajit@cs.colostate.edu;Sandia National Laboratories. E-mail: stidema@sandia.gov
Venue:
Journal of Network and Systems Management
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection migration has been previously proposed to allow for the mobility of servers. In this paper we revisit TCP connection migration for purposes of server survivability against malicious denial-of-service attacks. We present a protocol that allows an on-going TCP connection to be migrated from one server to another. This migration is performed in a secure manner such that the protocol itself cannot be exploited for malicious attacks. Further the migration can be performed even in the case where the original server is compromised. The protocol has been designed so as to allow interoperability with legacy TCP protocols. It is intended to be the transport layer foundations over which survivable applications can be built.