An Intelligent Fast-Flux Swarm Network for Minimizing DDoS attacks in Cloud Computing

One of the great threat to service availability in cloud computing is Distributed Denial of Service. Here a novel approach has been proposed to minimize DDoS attacks. This has been planned to achieve by an intelligent fastflux swarm network. An intelligent swarm network is required to ensure autonomous coordination and allocation of swarm nodes to perform its relaying operations. Intelligent Water Drop algorithm has been adapted for distributed and parallel optimization. The fast-flux technique was used to maintain connectivity between swarm nodes, clients, and servers. We have planned to simulate this as software consisting of various client nodes and swarm nodes. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) causes performance of a website or cloud service to be severely degraded. Using DDoS attacks, attackers can control the freedom of information by making certain information available at certain times to determine what information is and is not relayed to public. According to a recent survey, DDoS attacks are viewed as the number one security threat. Combating DDoS also requires the most resources. The proliferation of DDoS applications such as Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) [1] by 4Chan-affiliated hackers allows anyone to coordinate and launch DDoS attacks on any target. Recently pro-Wikileaks activists used LOIC to great effect. Our article proposes using a swarm network to extend the serviceability of cloud services under DDoS attacks. In the event of an incoming DDoS attack on a cloud service, the network will re-organize itself to provide the highest available service level for the clients and servers under adverse network conditions. Many solutions have been proposed [2–9]; however, they have met with limited success. We make use of a swarm network to coordinate and relay messages between clients and servers. This swarm system has the ability to selforganize and conduct large-scale parallel search for optimal relay solutions. We have also explored how swarm intelligence can be incorporated into the existing Internet infrastructure. Using established communication protocols, we have reduced the need for modifications of existing networks for easy adoption. This approach presents the first attempt at creating non-stationary swarm transport for cloud services.