Research and Development of Internet Worm Simulation

Worm propagation characteristics research has become an important aspect of the worm research works.In this paper the alternatives for worm propagation were firstly measured from both scalability and fidelity,and the advantages of simulation were pointed out.Then worm simulation technology is analyzed from both Internet modeling and worm modeling views.Afterwards the existing simulation systems are classified into three types,which are high-abstracted simulation systems, packet-level simulation systems and large scale distributed simulation systems. Research trends and prediction in this area are also addressed at last.This research work will provide a guide for designing both simulation systems and effective worm detecting and defending methods.