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Bayesian Detection of Router Configuration Anomalies (2005)

Khalid El-Arini, Kevin Killourhy

Abstract

Problems arising from router misconfigurations cost time and money. The first step in fixing such misconfigurations is finding them. In this paper, we propose a method for detecting misconfigurations that does not depend on an a priori model of what constitutes a correct configuration. Our hypothesis is that uncommon or unexpected misconfigurations in router data can be identified as statistical anomalies within a Bayesian framework. We present a detection algorithm based on this framework, and show that it is able to detect errors in the router configuration files of a university network.

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Approximate BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{kbe-ksk-minenet,
    Month = {August},
    Year = {2005},
    Booktitle = {ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Mining Network Data (MineNet-05)},
    Author = { Khalid El-Arini, Kevin Killourhy },
    Title = {Bayesian Detection of Router Configuration Anomalies}
}

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