Network Dialog Minimization and Network Dialog Diffing: Two Novel Primitives for Network Security Applications

This work presents two novel network security primitives: Network Dialog Minimization, which simplifies a network dialog with respect to a goal, so that the goal is achieved with minimal communication; and Network Dialog Diffing, which aligns two network dialogs, identifying their commonalities and differences. We apply the primitives on 5 network security applications.

Author(s):

M. Zubair Rafique    
iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
Belgium

Juan Caballero    
IMDEA Software Institute
Spain

Christophe Huygens    
iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
Belgium

Wouter Joosen    
iMinds-DistriNet, KU Leuven
Belgium