Analysis the P2P botnet detection methods

ABSTRACT Botnets are one of the most important Internet security issues. They evolve their structure from centralized into decentralized nature of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) botnets that makes them difficult to detect. This study analyzis and compares the most significant proposals in the field of the P2P-based detection. It fulfills the following tasks: First, it studies the previous surveys. Second, it proposes new dimensions for analyzing the proposals; third, it classifies and compares the most important detection proposals; and fourth, it describes the problems in this field.We conclude that perfect solutions are achieved in the field so far, but there are still many open problems. Keywords: Botnets, information security, botnet detection, survey, peer-to-peer.