Thwarting Adversarial Network Reconnaissance Through Vulnerability Scan Denial and Deception with Data Plane Programming and P4

• Published in: MILCOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) pp. 793 - 798
• Main Authors: Ha, Sean, Smith, Gavin, Starr, Robert
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 30.10.2023
• Subjects: Adversary Engagement; Data Plane Programming; Deception; Denial; Fabrics; Metadata; NESSUS; Network architecture; Nmap; Programming; Reconnaissance; Software Defined Networking; Surgery; Telecommunication traffic; Vulnerability Scanning

This paper presents a novel application of Data-Plane Programming technology for denial, deception, and engagement with cyber adversaries that are performing active network reconnaissance: specifically, a network-based vulnerability assessment. Data-Plane Programming enables "programmable"...