Zero-setup Intermediate-rate Communication Guarantees in a Global Internet
Marc Wyss, Adrian Perrig
33rd USENIX Security Symposium · Day 1 · USENIX Security '24
In an increasingly interconnected world, the availability of critical network services is paramount. However, **volumetric Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)** attacks pose a significant and persistent threat, capable of overwhelming network infrastructure and disrupting legitimate communication. This talk by Marc Wyss, a doctoral student at ETH Zurich, co-authored with Adrian Perrig, introduces **Zane**, a novel system designed to provide proactive and immediate communication guarantees specifically for **short-lived, intermediate-rate traffic** in the face of such attacks.
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This talk introduces Zane, a novel system offering proactive, zero-setup communication guarantees for intermediate-rate traffic against volumetric DDoS. Leveraging SCION and EPIC, it presents a technically deep solution with impressive performance figures, addressing a critical gap in network resilience. This is solid engineering, not marketing fluff.