Improving cost and accuracy of DPI traffic classifiers

Traffic classification through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is considered extremely expensive in terms of processing costs, leading to the conclusion that this technique is not suitable for DPI analysis on high speed networks. However, we believe that performance can be improved by exploiting some common characteristics of the network traffic. In this paper we present and evaluate some optimizations that can definitely decrease the processing cost and can even improve the classification precision. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.3 [Computer-communication networks]: Network monitoring Keywords Deep Packet Inspection, Traffic Classification

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: SAC
• Authors: Niccolo Cascarano, Luigi Ciminiera, Fulvio Risso
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Deep Packet Inspection, DPI Analysis, SAC 2010, Traffic Classification