PeekKernelFlows: peeking into IP flows

  • Authors:
  • Cynthia Wagner;Gérard Wagener;Radu State;Alexandre Dulaunoy;Thomas Engel

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg;University of Luxembourg - SNT, Luxembourg;University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg;SES S.A., Château de Betzdorf, Betzdorf, Luxembourg;University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new method for getting insights into IP related data flows based on a simple visualization technique that leverages kernel functions defined over spatial and temporal aggregated IP flows. This approach was implemented in a visualization tool called PeekKernelFlows. This tool simplifies the identification of anomalous patterns over a time period. An intuitive adapting image allows network operators to detect attacks. We validated our method on a real use-case scenario, where we inspected traffic of a high-interaction honeypot.