Entropy-Based Characterization of Internet Background Radiation

Network security requires real-time monitoring of network traffic in order to detect new and unexpected attacks. Attack detection methods based on deep packet inspection are time consuming and costly, due to their high computational demands. This paper proposes a fast, lightweight method to distingu...

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Main Authors: Félix Iglesias, Tanja Zseby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/1/74