A Methodology for P2P Traffic Measurement Using Application Signature

Liu Bin; Li ZhiTang; Tu Hao

2nd International ICST Conference on Scalable Information Systems

Research Article

A Methodology for P2P Traffic Measurement Using Application Signature

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/infoscale.2007.905,
    author={Liu Bin and Li ZhiTang and Tu Hao},
    title={A Methodology for P2P Traffic Measurement Using Application Signature},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Scalable Information Systems},
    proceedings_a={INFOSCALE},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={P2P traffic measurement Netfilter Measurement Algorithms},
    doi={10.4108/infoscale.2007.905}
}

Liu Bin
Li ZhiTang
Tu Hao
Year: 2010
A Methodology for P2P Traffic Measurement Using Application Signature
INFOSCALE
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/infoscale.2007.905

Liu Bin¹^,*, Li ZhiTang¹^,*, Tu Hao¹^,*

1: Network and Computing Center Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 086-027-87541441,430074

*Contact email: bliu@mail.hust.edu.cn, leeying@mail.hust.edu.cn, tuhao@mail.hust.edu.cn

Abstract

P2P application has become tremendously popular over the last few years, now accounting for a significant share of the total network traffic. P2P protocols used arbitrary ports to camouflage its traffic to avoid detection and recognition with standard measurement tools. This paper presents a measurement system which reliably detects and measures P2P traffic in real-time. The methodology is based on using application level signatures implemented by Netfilter extension as well as packet classifier. The results from test in a large university network indicate that this approach not only can significantly improve the P2P traffic volume estimates but also provided the performance required for practical applications.

Keywords: P2P traffic measurement Netfilter Measurement Algorithms

Published: 2010-05-16
Modified: 2011-09-11

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/infoscale.2007.905