Active Response

A critical and important book in the evolution of military strategy and doctrine. Many point to this work as the first formalization of an 'active defense'

V. D. Sokolovskii, Soviet Military Strategy. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1963.

ABSTRACT: In this paper we present a tool designed to intercept attacks at the host where they are launched so as to block them before they reach their targets. The tool works both for attacks targeted on the local host and on hosts connected to the network

D. Bruschi and E. Rosti, "AngeL: A Tool To Disarm Computer Systems," presented at 2001 Workshop on New Security Paradigms, Cloudcroft, New Mexico, 2001.

Response article to Symbiot Inc.'s new IDS that can respond

A paper published at the New Security Paradigms workshop describing using active defense.

D. Bruschi and E. Rosti, "Disarming Offense to Facilitate Defense," presented at 2000 Workshop on New Security Paradigms, Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland, 2000.

Bruce Schneier states that the community needs to look increasingly at active defense for protection

Bruce Schneier's attack on active defense in the hands of the RIAA and individuals

A case for the use of active defense in almost any situation

A presentation (in PDF) regarding active defense, its potential, and limitation

Timothy Mullen's online column regarding strike back technology - attached is also a very interesting discussion about the article

Timothy Mullen's electronic essay in defense of active defense as a legitimate security tool