Statistical Analysis of Malformed Packets and Their Origins in the Modern Internet
Author
Marina Bykova, Shawn Ostermann
Tech report number
CERIAS TR 2002-47
Abstract
In this work, we collect and analyze all of the IP and TCP headers of packets seen on a network that either violate existing standards or should not appear in modern internets. Our goal is to determine the reason that these packets appear on the network and evaluate what proportion of such packets could cause actual damage. Thus, we examine and divide the unusual packets obtained during our experiments into several categories based on their type and possible cause and show the results.
Series
ACM Internet Measurent Workshop (IMW 2002)
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank Mark Allman and Ethan Blanton for useful comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper and Terry Kelleher for providing us with data files. Thanks also go to anonymous reviewers for suggested improvements on this work.
Affiliation
Ohio University
Publication Date
2002-11-01
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Description of the experiment
3. Results
4. Packet Distribution Over Time
5. Conclusions
6. Acknowledgments
Subject
Statistical Analysis of Malformed Packets and Their Origins in the Modern Internet
