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Identifying and discriminating between web and peer-to-peer traffic in the network core

Erman, Jeffrey, Mahanti, Anirban, Arlitt, Martin, Williamson, Carey·2007·Proceedings of the 16th international conference on World Wide Web

Abstract

Traffic classification is the ability to identify and categorize network traffic by application type. In this paper, we consider the problem of traffic classification in the network core.Classification at the core is challenging because only partial information about the flows and their contributors is available. We address this problem by developing a framework that can classify a flow using only unidirectional flow information. We evaluated this approach using recent packet traces that we collected and pre-classified to establish a "base truth". From our evaluation, we find that flow statistics for the server-to-client direction of a TCP connection provide greater classification accuracy than the flow statistics for the client-to-server direction. Because collection of the server-to-client flow statistics may not always be feasible, we developed and validated an algorithm that can estimate the missing statistics froma unidirectional packet trace.

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Authors
Erman, J., Mahanti, A., Arlitt, M., & Williamson, C.
Affiliations
University of Calgary (CA)
Venue
Proceedings of the 16th international conference on World Wide Web
Publisher
ACM
Published
2007-05-08
Pages
883-892
OpenAlex
W2120955848
Cited by
213
References
31
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FWCI
13.86
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW) (publishedVersion)
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Network Packet Processing and Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Keywords
network traffic classification, website traffic, peer-to-peer traffic, core network, packet traces

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