Active Learning Framework to Automate NetworkTraffic Classification

10/26/2022
by   Jaroslav Pešek, et al.
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Recent network traffic classification methods benefitfrom machine learning (ML) technology. However, there aremany challenges due to use of ML, such as: lack of high-qualityannotated datasets, data-drifts and other effects causing aging ofdatasets and ML models, high volumes of network traffic etc. Thispaper argues that it is necessary to augment traditional workflowsof ML training deployment and adapt Active Learning concepton network traffic analysis. The paper presents a novel ActiveLearning Framework (ALF) to address this topic. ALF providesprepared software components that can be used to deploy an activelearning loop and maintain an ALF instance that continuouslyevolves a dataset and ML model automatically. The resultingsolution is deployable for IP flow-based analysis of high-speed(100 Gb/s) networks, and also supports research experiments ondifferent strategies and methods for annotation, evaluation, datasetoptimization, etc. Finally, the paper lists some research challengesthat emerge from the first experiments with ALF in practice.

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