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Stats 101 in P4: Towards In-Switch Anomaly Detection

Gao, S; Handley, M; Vissicchio, S; (2021) Stats 101 in P4: Towards In-Switch Anomaly Detection. In: HotNets '21: Proceedings of the Twentieth ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks. (pp. pp. 84-90). ACM: Virtual Event, United Kingdom. Green open access

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Abstract

Data plane programmability is greatly improving network monitoring. Most new proposals rely on controllers pulling information (e.g., sketches or packets) from the data plane. This architecture is not a good fit for tasks requiring high reactivity, such as failure recovery, attack mitigation, and so on. Focusing on these tasks, we argue for a different architecture, where the data plane autonomously detects anomalies and pushes alerts to the controller. As a first step, we demonstrate that statistical checks can be implemented in P4 by revisiting definition and online computation of statistical measures. We collect our techniques in a P4 library, and showcase how they enable in-switch anomaly detection.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Stats 101 in P4: Towards In-Switch Anomaly Detection
Event: 20th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
ISBN-13: 9781450390873
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1145/3484266.3487370
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1145/3484266.3487370
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. https://doi.org/
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10139890
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