A Hybrid IP Trace Back Mechanism To Pinpoint The Attacker

The term security has become a trend in computer science since the attackers' applications are compromised, as the term suggests giving access to the right people than those who don't. The attacker usually bypasses the security system to get into the application and steal the information; similar to this is the attack called IP spoofing where the attacker starts the attack by spoofing the source address, by doing this, their location is concealed to reveal their location, and traceback mechanisms have been introduced. An IP traceback mechanism is used to track down the IP address, following down the network of nodes to find a spoofed device. There are many prominent traceback mechanisms, but upon implementation, they have low success rates. Though there are advantages and disadvantages over IP traceback, the proposed hybrid IP traceback could give a better success in finding the attacker and could ease the problem. The hybrid mechanism would have similar protocols to the existing ones, but it would be better than all of them in terms of performance.