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Stream splitting in support of intrusion detection

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / One of the most significant challenges with modern intrusion detection systems is the high rate of false alarms that they generate. In order to lower this rate, we propose to reduce the amount of traffic sent a given intrusion detection system via a filtering process termed stream splitting. Each packet arriving at the system is treated as belonging to a connection. Each connection is then assigned to a network stream. A network stream can then be sent to an analysis engine tailored specifically for that type of data. To demonstrate a stream-splitting capability, both an extendable multi-threaded architecture and prototype were developed. This system was tested to ensure the ability to capture traffic and found to be able to do so with minimal loss at network speeds up to 20 Mb/s, comparable to several open-source analysis programs. The stream splitter was also shown to be able to correctly implement a traffic separation scheme. / Ensign, United States Navy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/967
Date06 1900
CreatorsJudd, John David
ContributorsMichael, James Bret, McEachen, John, Department of Computer Science
PublisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Source SetsNaval Postgraduate School
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatxviii, 166 p. : ill. (some col.), application/pdf
RightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted.

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