The growing proliferation of malware is raising doubts about the Internet's future. Current security measures primarily target inbound traffic, but service providers have no incentive to stop attacks and spam at the source. A proposed certification scheme motivates providers to control outgoing traffic, efficiently increasing overall security while preserving the Internet's open, decentralized structure.
Index Terms:
Internet, Malware, Security, Service provider certification, Game theoretic analysis
Citation:
Manoj Parameswaran, Xia Zhao, Andrew B. Whinston, Fang Fang, "Reengineering the Internet for Better Security," Computer, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 40-44, Jan. 2007, doi:10.1109/MC.2007.32