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Aiding the white-hats in this race is one fundamental<br \/>\ninvariant across all network attacks (present and<br \/>\nfuture): for the attack to progress there must be communication<br \/>\namong attacker, the associated set of compromised<br \/>\nhosts and the victim(s), and this communication is visible to<br \/>\nthe network. We argue that the Internet architecture should<br \/>\nbe extended to include auditing mechanisms that enable the<br \/>\nforensic analysis of network data, with a goal of identifying<br \/>\nthe true originator of each attack \u2014 even if the attacker recruits<br \/>\ninnocent hosts as zombies or stepping stones to propagate<br \/>\nthe attack. In this paper we outline an approach to the<br \/>\nproblem of Attacker Identification and Attack Reconstruction,<br \/>\ndescribe the challenges involved, and explain our efforts<br \/>\nthat show the promise of this approach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .asset-content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of network security is an arms race where attackers constantly change the signatures of their attacks to avoid detection. 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