By: Samuel Oswald Hunter Supervisor: Mr Barry Irwin Automated Analysis and Aggregation of Packet Data over Distributed Network Telescopes By: Samuel Oswald Hunter Supervisor: Mr Barry Irwin

Background Project Background Network telescopes passively collect packet data. Packet data is filtered and added to a central database. Packet’s are then analysed according to pre-determined security metrics (more on these metrics later). Interactive and dynamic visual representation of data. Allow for representation of large amounts of data and grants the ability to observe finer details of that information. Fast, accurate and informative data traversal. Enables us to show trends. Background

Project Objectives Project Objectives Create a framework to aggregate packet data between network telescopes to a central management node. Management node will perform processing on incoming datasets to generate use full outputs such as: Real-time black hole lists (RBL). Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) maps. Create a dashboard application that can analyse and generate reports based on the collected packet data. Must generate automated periodic reports and visual representations of the packet analysis. Allow browsing of historical data and some ad-hoc queries.

Proposed Security Metrics Source to target geographical locations. Break down composition of protocols used (TCP, UDP, ICMP) Target and Source port numbers Density of packets (amount) captured over time. (Traffic Rates)

Approach and Development Further research in data visualization techniques Interactive and dynamic representation Security Metrics Research what other information can be determined How this information can be used Application Development Php Python Adobe AIR Ajax Flash Tools and Approach

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