Temporal Analysis of NetFlow Datasets for Network Intrusion Detection Systems
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| author | Luay, Majed Layeghy, Siamak Hosseininoorbin, Seyedehfaezeh Sarhan, Mohanad Moustafa, Nour Portmann, Marius |
| author_facet | Luay, Majed Layeghy, Siamak Hosseininoorbin, Seyedehfaezeh Sarhan, Mohanad Moustafa, Nour Portmann, Marius |
| contents | This paper investigates the temporal analysis of NetFlow datasets for machine learning (ML)-based network intrusion detection systems (NIDS). Although many previous studies have highlighted the critical role of temporal features, such as inter-packet arrival time and flow length/duration, in NIDS, the currently available NetFlow datasets for NIDS lack these temporal features. This study addresses this gap by creating and making publicly available a set of NetFlow datasets that incorporate these temporal features [1]. With these temporal features, we provide a comprehensive temporal analysis of NetFlow datasets by examining the distribution of various features over time and presenting time-series representations of NetFlow features. This temporal analysis has not been previously provided in the existing literature. We also borrowed an idea from signal processing, time frequency analysis, and tested it to see how different the time frequency signal presentations (TFSPs) are for various attacks. The results indicate that many attacks have unique patterns, which could help ML models to identify them more easily. |
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| spellingShingle | Temporal Analysis of NetFlow Datasets for Network Intrusion Detection Systems Luay, Majed Layeghy, Siamak Hosseininoorbin, Seyedehfaezeh Sarhan, Mohanad Moustafa, Nour Portmann, Marius Machine Learning Cryptography and Security Networking and Internet Architecture This paper investigates the temporal analysis of NetFlow datasets for machine learning (ML)-based network intrusion detection systems (NIDS). Although many previous studies have highlighted the critical role of temporal features, such as inter-packet arrival time and flow length/duration, in NIDS, the currently available NetFlow datasets for NIDS lack these temporal features. This study addresses this gap by creating and making publicly available a set of NetFlow datasets that incorporate these temporal features [1]. With these temporal features, we provide a comprehensive temporal analysis of NetFlow datasets by examining the distribution of various features over time and presenting time-series representations of NetFlow features. This temporal analysis has not been previously provided in the existing literature. We also borrowed an idea from signal processing, time frequency analysis, and tested it to see how different the time frequency signal presentations (TFSPs) are for various attacks. The results indicate that many attacks have unique patterns, which could help ML models to identify them more easily. |
| title | Temporal Analysis of NetFlow Datasets for Network Intrusion Detection Systems |
| topic | Machine Learning Cryptography and Security Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04404 |