Tracing real Internet attackers through information correlation

如果本研究成功完成，将在追踪网络攻击者的范围、准确性、可用性和部署方面向前迈出一大步。这将授权当局控制和惩罚网络犯罪和恐怖主义。这也将大大减少网络犯罪和恐怖主义造成的损害。分布式信息关联跟踪系统的原型有可能获得专利甚至商业化。一个国家追踪任何针对其信息基础设施的攻击的真正来源的能力，对控制此类攻击至关重要，因此对一个国家的长期生存和繁荣也至关重要。

If this research accomplishes successfully, it will be a big step forward on tracing Internet attackers in terms of traceback scope, accuracy, usability and deployment. This will empower authorities to control and punish Internet crime and terrorism. It will also greatly reduce the damage caused by Internet crime and terrorism. The prototype of the distributed information correlation tracing system can possibly be patented or even be commercialised. The capability of a nation to trace the real source of any attacks on its information infrastructure is central to the control of such attacks and hence to a nation's long-term survival and prosperity.