This thesis presents an algorithm for classifying packets according to arbitrary
(including noncontiguous) bitmask rules. As its principal novelty, the algorithm
is parameterized by the amount of memory available and can customize its data
structures to optimize classification time without exceeding the given memory
bound. The algorithm thus automatically trades time for space efficiency as
needed. The two extremes of this time-space tradeoff (linear search through the
rules versus a single table that maps every possible packet to its class number)
are special cases of the general algorithm we present. Additional features of
the algorithm include its simplicity, its open-source prototype implementation,
its good performance even with worst-case rule sets, and its extendability to
handle range rules and dynamic updates to rule sets. The contributions of this
thesis first appeared in [1].
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:USF/oai:scholarcommons.usf.edu:etd-4387 |
| Date | 01 January 2011 |
| Creators | Kuhn, Joshua Adam |
| Publisher | Scholar Commons |
| Source Sets | University of South Flordia |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Graduate Theses and Dissertations |
| Rights | default |
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