Ostinato - A Powerful Traffic Generator

Patil, Bharat Rahuldhev; Moharir, Minal; Mohanty, Pratik K.; Shobha, G; Sajeev, Suraj

doi:10.1109/csitss.2017.8447596

Cited by 10 publications

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“…The present study built COAs A and B within the Ostinato packet generation simulator (Ostinato, 2020;Patil et al, 2017). Each COA's model resulted in a total end-to-end delay measurement comprised of singular transmissions that reflected individual protocol stacks within each device.…”

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A Cybersecurity Study: Examining the Relationship between Converged-Network Architecture and Remote Grassfire Alert Transmission Delay in Southeast Colorado

P Wagoner,

Sambasivam

2022

InSITE Conference

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Aim/Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between a converged wireless-sensor/cellular network architecture and cybersecurity, in terms of transmission delay, to deliver remote grassfire alerts to firefighters in Southeast (SE) Colorado. Background: Agriculture, rural communities, a thriving cattle industry, and a kaleidoscope of flora and fauna characterize the plains of SE Colorado. Unfortunately, the hot and dry climate of SE Colorado combines with the ever-expanding wildland-urban interface (WUI), presenting an enormous grassland fire risk. A review of the literature revealed a deficit of research that addressed the alerting mechanism between remote WSN-based fire detection and response forces. Methodology: The present research pursued a converged-network solution from two courses of action (COA) to address the wildfire risk. COA-A and COA-B coupled the ZigBee-Pro and ZigBee-IP WSN protocols, respectively, with the 4G-LTE infrastructure prevalent throughout SE Colorado to bolster alert information availability. Following construction of the simulation models, the Ostinato packet generator performed 194 end-to-end transmissions with each COA to ascertain the better-performing solution in terms of network transmission delay. Contribution: The study’s findings offer a starting point for subsequent research that will lead to a proposal for SE Coloradans – and beyond – to help bridge the gap between detective WSNs and the response forces that can subdue remote grassfires. To the extent the authors could surmise, the current research effort was the first to model and simulate a one-way, UDP-based wireless network that comprised a WSN node, two WSN-Cellular gateway designs, and several 4G-LTE infrastructure components. The simulated environment also measured and compared the end-to-end network transmission delay for two unique solutions, including the convergence process within the WSN-Cellular gateway. Findings: COA-B proved the superior solution with a 16.2% delay improvement over COA-A. An independent-samples t-test confirmed the statistical significance between the results’ means. Recommendations for Practitioners: COA-B offered a remote SE Colorado grassfire alerting solution that minimized network transmission delay and maximized alert payload to responding firefighters. However, the generalizability of the current research’s results indicates utility for firefighters providing overwatch to grasslands throughout the world – wherever valuable grasslands intersect with a 4G-LTE on-ramp. Within the United States and outside SE Colorado, 4G-LTE from multiple carriers exists throughout the Great Plains. U.S. industries, communities, and ecosystems that rely on the abundance of Great Plains grasslands abound and feature use cases ripe for benefit from the present research. Recommendations for Researchers: Additional studies could offer more depth and recommend solutions to bolsters the alert mechanism between fire detection and response capabilities. The literature is teeming with research that improves the efficacy of fire-detective WSNs. However, the dearth of practice-oriented research that delivers an alert to firefighters in SE Colorado and elsewhere warrants further work on top of the present study. Impact on Society: The study’s findings need not apply only to grassfires. Much research and residual challenges exist on the topic of forest and wildfire alerts throughout the world. Although the generation mechanisms may differ, propelling an alert over available infrastructure – 4G-LTE or other – offers a workable solution to ensure timely response to unsolicited fires. Future Research: The current research’s incremental construction of delay measurements for COA-A and COA-B encourages the creation of an end-to-end model in network simulators such as NS3 or OMNeT++. A network simulation framework like OMNeT++ would allow a more comprehensive representation of wireless channel effects on overall delay. The creation and testing of a physical COA-B prototype would provide a proof of concept for the current study. Future work could bridge the gap between any varietal of remote sensor network and the audience that consumes sensor data anywhere in the world.

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A Cybersecurity Study: Examining the Relationship between Converged-Network Architecture and Remote Grassfire Alert Transmission Delay in Southeast Colorado

P Wagoner,

Sambasivam

2022

InSITE Conference

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“…IDS tools such as Snort or Suricata are also used. CR platforms use tools [73][74][75] for monitor data. OpenFlow and DNP3 have been used by the responders in several occasions, but mainly in-house tools or scripts are used, as shown in Figure 15.…”

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Cyber Ranges and TestBeds for Education, Training, and Research

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In recent years, there has been a growing demand for cybersecurity experts, and, according to predictions, this demand will continue to increase. Cyber Ranges can fill this gap by combining hands-on experience with educational courses, and conducting cybersecurity competitions. In this paper, we conduct a systematic survey of ten Cyber Ranges that were developed in the last decade, with a structured interview. The purpose of the interview is to find details about essential components, and especially the tools used to design, create, implement and operate a Cyber Range platform, and to present the findings.

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“…Different tools allow design and creation of network packets. Common tools are Cisco TRex 6 , Ostinato [21] and Genesids [22].…”

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Encapcap: Transforming Network Traces to Virtual Networks

Spiekermann

Keller

2021

2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)

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Valid and complete network captures are a valuable source when detecting network based attacks and adversarial data exfiltration techniques like covert channels or performing network forensic investigation Also in training, testing, benchmarking and algorithm development, the availability of prerecorded, entire packet captures is eminent. Such a packet capture contains the entire packet stream with all incoming and outgoing network packets recorded over a defined period of time. Whereas a large number of recorded packet captures with well-known protocols from physical networks exists, the number of available files focused on virtual networks is low. Yet, virtual networks are taking on an ever greater role in modern environments. The creation of such network traces is a timeconsuming and error-prone task, and the inherent behaviour of virtual networks eradicates a straight-forward automation of trace generation in comparison to common networks. In this paper we analyze relevant conditions of modern networks which hamper the generation of valid test captures and propose Encapcap, a tool that transforms given network packets stored in a capture file to virtual network packets. This improves the process of generating real-life packet captures for testing or training in virtual networks. We evaluate Encapcap with several experiments to demonstrate its correctness, usefulness and applicability.

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Ostinato - A Powerful Traffic Generator

Cited by 10 publications

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A Cybersecurity Study: Examining the Relationship between Converged-Network Architecture and Remote Grassfire Alert Transmission Delay in Southeast Colorado

A Cybersecurity Study: Examining the Relationship between Converged-Network Architecture and Remote Grassfire Alert Transmission Delay in Southeast Colorado

Cyber Ranges and TestBeds for Education, Training, and Research

Encapcap: Transforming Network Traces to Virtual Networks

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