Cyber Security in Internet-Based Multiplayer Gaming.docVIP

IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, 37:4, IJCS_37_4_13 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Cyber Security in Internet-Based Multiplayer Gaming ChristopherDixonandLuayA.Wahsheh ? Abstract—Internet-based multiplayer gaming has secure (proper) behavior on the operation of computers been used extensively over the past few years. The innetworksthatareconnectedtotheInternet.Secureis main concern that has arisen from online game de?ned by a security policy that addresses information distributersisthepreventionofcheating.Mostonline gamesareorganizedthroughtheclient/servermodel. con?dentiality,integrity,andavailability[7].Weconsider a system secure if the security policy is being correctly This is done in an attempt to prevent cheating, enforced. In current models, the game itself is run o? steering away from peer-to-peer applications which of a client/server (C/S) model, but most updates are wouldbe better forrelievingtheworkloadofservers by pushing tasks onto the clients, but in turn opens up Pandora’s box for hackers. The quest for better distributed on a peer-to-peer network [6]. While C/S is simple, secure, and reliable, it has limited scalability to support a large number of players [10]. As soon as the serverso?oadsomeresourcesontotheclientsinorderto security in online games bene?ts both the players as well as the game developers. In this research work, we investigate current security issues in online bemorecoste?ective,theissueoftrustworthinesscomes multiplayer gaming as well as potential solutions to intoplay.Although,puttingeverythingonapeer-to-peer these problems. We discuss how cheats are usually systemdoesnotnecessarilymakeitsecure[6]. centralized in the protocol level of the game design. These cheats will range from ?xed-delay cheats to In an online survey [11], 35% of 594 players collusion cheats. Also discussed in this research work who responded within a 2-week period admitted to ar