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Int. J. Critical Infrastructures, Vol. x, No. x, xxxx 1 DHT-based security infrastructure for trusted internet and grid computing Kai Hwang*, Min Cai, Yu-Kwong Kwok, Shanshan Song, Yu Chen and Ying Chen University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90086 USA E-mail: kaihwang@ E-mail: mincai@ E-mail: ykwok@hku.hk E-mail: shanshan.song@ E-mail: cheny@ E-mail: chen2@ Website: *Corresponding author Abstract: We designed a distributed security infrastructure with self-defence capabilities to secure networked resources in Grids and internet applications. This paper reports new developments in fuzzy trust management, game-theoretic Grid models, security-binding methodology, as well as new Grid performance metrics, defence architecture and mechanisms against intrusions, worms, and low-rate pulsing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The design is based on a novel Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for security enforcement among Grid sites scattered over the internet. Keywords: security infrastructure; internet computing; grid computing; intrusion detection; worm containment; DDoS defence. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Hwang, K., Kwok, Y-K., Song, S., Cai, M., Chen, Y. and Chen, Y. (xxxx) ‘DHT-based security infrastructure for trusted internet and grid computing’, Int. J. Critical Infrastructures, Vol. x, No. x, pp.xxx–xxx. Biographical notes: Kai Hwang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and