Emulation on the Internet Prefix Hijacking Attack Impaction

Abstract : There have been many incidents of IP prefix hijacking by BGP protocol in the Internet. Attacks may hijack victim’s address space to disrupt network services or perpetrate malicious activities such as spamming and DoS attacks without disclosing identity. The relation between network topology and prefix hijacking influence is presented for all sorts of hijacking events in different Internet layers. The impaction parameter is analyzed for typical prefix hijacking events in different layers. A large Internet emulation environment is constructed and the attack impaction of IP prefix hijacking events are evaluated. The results assert that the hierarchical nature of network influences the prefix hijacking greatly.