Volleystore: A parasitic storage framework

Kurt Rosenfeld; Husrev Taha Sencar; Nasir Memon

doi:10.1109/IAW.2007.381916

Volleystore: A parasitic storage framework

Kurt Rosenfeld, Husrev Taha Sencar, Nasir Memon

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Abstract

We present Volleystore, a filesystem that stores data on network equipment and servers without any authorization, yet without compromising the systems that are used. This is achieved by exploiting the echo functionality present in most standard Internet protocols. Various issues concerning the design of a parasitic storage system are addressed and a practical system based on Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo messages is demonstrated. We present an analysis of storage capacity and latency limits for various configurations of the system. We also describe a proof-of-concept implementation of the system and show that one can indeed store data using Volleystore for a reasonable lengths of time. Finally, we suggest defenses against parasitic storage, both abstractly in economic terms and concretely in technical terms.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2007 IEEEWorkshop on Information Assurance, IAW'07
Pages	67-75
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IAW.2007.381916
State	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, IAW'07 - West Point, NY, United States Duration: Jun 20 2007 → Jun 22 2007

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Other	2007 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, IAW'07
Country/Territory	United States
City	West Point, NY
Period	6/20/07 → 6/22/07

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Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management

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Rosenfeld, K, Sencar, HT & Memon, N 2007, Volleystore: A parasitic storage framework. in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEEWorkshop on Information Assurance, IAW'07., 4267544, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, IAW, pp. 67-75, 2007 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, IAW'07, West Point, NY, United States, 6/20/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/IAW.2007.381916

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