How to 0wn the Internet in Your Spare Time

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How to 0wn the Internet in Your Spare Time

• First paper in Internet worm research
• Right after Code Red in July 2001, very important
• Showed that a simple differential equation can
  accurately model a complex process (worm)
• Impressive magic of math model
• Research rule borrow mathematic/algorithm from
  other areas into your area could generate a very
  good paper
• Present an advanced worm
• Scary news, but very good for publicity
• Research rule (security)
• Follow the news, so that people think your work
  is important
• You can research on both defense and attack!

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Internet Quarantine Requirements for Containing
Self-Propagating Code

• Shortly after Code Red incident
• Nobody knows how to defend
• Research from another angle
• What if we have a filter method, will it be
  effective for a fast spreading worm?
• Research rule assume you have something, conduct
  the following research
• One paper is usually based on many assumptions
• Authors advantage monitored data
• Use the data to simulate, verify
• Research rule a real trace based simulation is
  much more convincing

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Presentation Tips

• Dry run before presentation
• Test timing, familiarity. Feel confident.
• Create examples/figures to explain
• May not in paper, create by yourself
• Include some pictures, animations
• Emphasis (be focus)
• Success if you pass the single central idea
• Audience cannot understand everything in 30
  minutes!
• If you cannot explain a point clearly, skip it
• Only use a sentence to say the name, results