A comparative study of fuzzy inference systems, neural networks and adaptive neuro fuzzy inference systems for portscan detection

Authors:
M. Zubair Shafiq;Muddassar Farooq;Syed Ali Khayam
Affiliations:
Next Generation Intelligent Networks Research Center, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan;Next Generation Intelligent Networks Research Center, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan;National University of Sciences & Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Venue:
Evo'08 Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Applications of evolutionary computing
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Worms spread by scanning for vulnerable hosts across the Internet. In this paper we report a comparative study of three classification schemes for automated portscan detection. These schemes include a simple Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) that uses classical inductive learning, a Neural Network that uses back propagation algorithm and an Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) that also employs back propagation algorithm. We carry out an unbiased evaluation of these schemes using an endpoint based traffic dataset. Our results show that ANFIS (though more complex) successfully combines the benefits of the classical FIS and Neural Network to achieve the best classification accuracy.