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Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)

Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)
Frankfurt, Germany, July 19-21, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-84102-410-3

Title: On the Performance of Anomaly Detection Systems Uncovering Traffic Mimicking Covert Channels
Author(s): Johannes Bouche, Denis Hock, Martin Kappes
Reference: pp19-24
Keywords: Anomaly Detection, Mimicry, Covert Channels, Snort
Abstract: Anomaly Detection Systems aim to construct accurate network traffic
models with the objective to discover yet unknown malicious network
traffic patterns. In this paper, we study the use of the same methods
in order to create a covert channel which is not discovered by Anomaly
Detection Systems and can be used to exfiltrate (malicous) traffic
from a network. The channel is created by imitating current network
traffic behaviour as detected by passive network analysis. Moreover,
we present methods for calculating thresholds for the bandwidth of the
channel such that, with high probability, the resulting traffic falls
within the margins of the Anomaly Detection System under
consideration. We also present results of practical experiments with
commonly used Anomaly Detection Systems showing the practical
applicability of our approach.
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