1 package edu.uci.iotproject.detection.layer3;
3 import edu.uci.iotproject.analysis.TriggerTrafficExtractor;
4 import edu.uci.iotproject.detection.AbstractClusterMatcher;
5 import edu.uci.iotproject.detection.ClusterMatcherObserver;
6 import edu.uci.iotproject.trafficreassembly.layer3.Conversation;
7 import edu.uci.iotproject.trafficreassembly.layer3.TcpReassembler;
8 import edu.uci.iotproject.analysis.TcpConversationUtils;
9 import edu.uci.iotproject.io.PcapHandleReader;
10 import edu.uci.iotproject.util.PrintUtils;
11 import org.pcap4j.core.*;
13 import java.time.ZoneId;
15 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
17 import static edu.uci.iotproject.util.PcapPacketUtils.*;
20 * Searches a traffic trace for sequences of packets "belong to" a given cluster (in other words, attempts to classify
21 * traffic as pertaining to a given cluster).
23 * @author Janus Varmarken {@literal <jvarmark@uci.edu>}
24 * @author Rahmadi Trimananda {@literal <rtrimana@uci.edu>}
26 public class Layer3ClusterMatcher extends AbstractClusterMatcher implements PacketListener {
29 * The ordered directions of packets in the sequences that make up {@link #mCluster}.
31 private final Conversation.Direction[] mClusterMemberDirections;
34 * For reassembling the observed traffic into TCP connections.
36 private final TcpReassembler mTcpReassembler = new TcpReassembler();
39 * IP of the router's WAN port (if analyzed traffic is captured at the ISP's point of view).
41 private final String mRouterWanIp;
44 * Epsilon value used by the DBSCAN algorithm; it is used again for range-based matching here.
46 private final double mEps;
49 * The packet inclusion time for signature.
51 private int mInclusionTimeMillis;
54 * Create a {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher}.
55 * @param cluster The cluster that traffic is matched against.
56 * @param routerWanIp The router's WAN IP if examining traffic captured at the ISP's point of view (used for
57 * determining the direction of packets).
58 * @param inclusionTimeMillis The packet inclusion time for signature.
59 * @param isRangeBased The boolean that decides if it is range-based vs. strict matching.
60 * @param eps The epsilon value used in the DBSCAN algorithm.
61 * @param detectionObservers Client code that wants to get notified whenever the {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} detects that
62 * (a subset of) the examined traffic is similar to the traffic that makes up
63 * {@code cluster}, i.e., when the examined traffic is classified as pertaining to
66 public Layer3ClusterMatcher(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster, String routerWanIp, int inclusionTimeMillis,
67 boolean isRangeBased, double eps,
68 ClusterMatcherObserver... detectionObservers) {
69 super(cluster, isRangeBased);
70 Objects.requireNonNull(detectionObservers, "detectionObservers cannot be null");
71 for (ClusterMatcherObserver obs : detectionObservers) {
74 // Build the cluster members' direction sequence.
75 // Note: assumes that the provided cluster was captured within the local network (routerWanIp is set to null).
76 mClusterMemberDirections = getPacketDirections(cluster.get(0), null);
78 * Enforce restriction on cluster members: all representatives must exhibit the same direction pattern and
79 * contain the same number of packets. Note that this is a somewhat heavy operation, so it may be disabled later
80 * on in favor of performance. However, it is only run once (at instantiation), so the overhead may be warranted
81 * in order to ensure correctness, especially during the development/debugging phase.
83 if (!isRangeBased) { // Only when it is not range-based
84 if (mCluster.stream().
85 anyMatch(inner -> !Arrays.equals(mClusterMemberDirections, getPacketDirections(inner, null)))) {
86 throw new IllegalArgumentException(
87 "cluster members must contain the same number of packets and exhibit the same packet direction " +
93 mRouterWanIp = routerWanIp;
94 mInclusionTimeMillis =
95 inclusionTimeMillis == 0 ? TriggerTrafficExtractor.INCLUSION_WINDOW_MILLIS : inclusionTimeMillis;
99 public void gotPacket(PcapPacket packet) {
100 // Present packet to TCP reassembler so that it can be mapped to a connection (if it is a TCP packet).
101 mTcpReassembler.gotPacket(packet);
105 * Get the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
106 * @return the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
108 public List<List<PcapPacket>> getCluster() {
112 public void performDetectionRangeBased() {
114 * Let's start out simple by building a version that only works for signatures that do not span across multiple
115 * TCP conversations...
117 for (Conversation c : mTcpReassembler.getTcpConversations()) {
118 if (c.isTls() && c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets().isEmpty() || !c.isTls() && c.getPackets().isEmpty()) {
119 // Skip empty conversations.
122 List<PcapPacket> lowerBound = mCluster.get(0);
123 List<PcapPacket> upperBound = mCluster.get(1);
124 if (isTlsSequence(lowerBound) != c.isTls() || isTlsSequence(upperBound) != c.isTls()) {
125 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
128 // Fetch set of packets to examine based on TLS or not.
129 List<PcapPacket> cPkts = c.isTls() ? c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets() : c.getPackets();
130 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> match;
131 while ((match = findSubsequenceInSequence(lowerBound, upperBound, cPkts, mClusterMemberDirections, null)).
133 List<PcapPacket> matchSeq = match.get();
134 // Notify observers about the match.
135 mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
136 // if (!matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size()-1).getTimestamp().isAfter(matchSeq.get(0).getTimestamp().
137 // plusMillis(mInclusionTimeMillis))) {
138 // // Notify observers about the match.
139 // mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
142 * Get the index in cPkts of the last packet in the sequence of packets that matches the searched
143 * signature sequence.
145 int matchSeqEndIdx = cPkts.indexOf(matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size() - 1));
146 // We restart the search for the signature sequence immediately after that index, so truncate cPkts.
147 cPkts = cPkts.stream().skip(matchSeqEndIdx + 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
152 public void performDetectionConservative() {
154 * Let's start out simple by building a version that only works for signatures that do not span across multiple
155 * TCP conversations...
157 for (Conversation c : mTcpReassembler.getTcpConversations()) {
158 if (c.isTls() && c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets().isEmpty() || !c.isTls() && c.getPackets().isEmpty()) {
159 // Skip empty conversations.
162 for (List<PcapPacket> signatureSequence : mCluster) {
163 if (isTlsSequence(signatureSequence) != c.isTls()) {
164 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
167 // Fetch set of packets to examine based on TLS or not.
168 List<PcapPacket> cPkts = c.isTls() ? c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets() : c.getPackets();
170 * Note: we embed the attempt to detect the signature sequence in a loop in order to capture those cases
171 * where the same signature sequence appears multiple times in one Conversation.
173 * Note: since we expect all sequences that together make up the signature to exhibit the same direction
174 * pattern, we can simply pass the precomputed direction array for the signature sequence so that it
175 * won't have to be recomputed internally in each call to findSubsequenceInSequence().
177 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> match;
178 while ((match = findSubsequenceInSequence(signatureSequence, cPkts, mClusterMemberDirections, null)).
180 List<PcapPacket> matchSeq = match.get();
181 // Notify observers about the match.
182 mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
183 // if (!matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size()-1).getTimestamp().isAfter(matchSeq.get(0).getTimestamp().
184 // plusMillis(mInclusionTimeMillis))) {
185 // // Notify observers about the match.
186 // mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
189 * Get the index in cPkts of the last packet in the sequence of packets that matches the searched
190 * signature sequence.
192 int matchSeqEndIdx = cPkts.indexOf(matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size() - 1));
193 // We restart the search for the signature sequence immediately after that index, so truncate cPkts.
194 cPkts = cPkts.stream().skip(matchSeqEndIdx + 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
200 * if no item in cluster matches, also perform a distance-based matching to cover those cases where we did
201 * not manage to capture every single mutation of the sequence during training.
203 * Need to compute average/centroid of cluster to do so...? Compute within-cluster variance, then check if
204 * distance between input conversation and cluster average/centroid is smaller than or equal to the computed
211 * Checks if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets. Note: the current implementation relies on inspection
212 * of the port numbers when deciding between TLS vs. non-TLS. Therefore, only the first packet of {@code sequence}
213 * is examined as it is assumed that all packets in {@code sequence} pertain to the same {@link Conversation} and
214 * hence share the same set of two src/dst port numbers (albeit possibly alternating between which one is the src
215 * and which one is the dst, as packets in {@code sequence} may be in alternating directions).
216 * @param sequence The sequence of packets for which it is to be determined if it is a sequence of TLS packets or
218 * @return {@code true} if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets, {@code false} otherwise.
220 private boolean isTlsSequence(List<PcapPacket> sequence) {
221 // NOTE: Assumes ALL packets in sequence pertain to the same TCP connection!
222 PcapPacket firstPkt = sequence.get(0);
223 int srcPort = getSourcePort(firstPkt);
224 int dstPort = getDestinationPort(firstPkt);
225 return TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(srcPort) || TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(dstPort);
229 * Examine if a given sequence of packets ({@code sequence}) contains a given shorter sequence of packets
230 * ({@code subsequence}). Note: the current implementation actually searches for a substring as it does not allow
231 * for interleaving packets in {@code sequence} that are not in {@code subsequence}; for example, if
232 * {@code subsequence} consists of packet lengths [2, 3, 5] and {@code sequence} consists of packet lengths
233 * [2, 3, 4, 5], the result will be that there is no match (because of the interleaving 4). If we are to allow
234 * interleaving packets, we need a modified version of
235 * <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/20545604/1214974">this</a>.
237 * @param subsequence The sequence to search for.
238 * @param sequence The sequence to search.
239 * @param subsequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code subsequence} such that for all {@code i},
240 * {@code subsequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
241 * {@code subsequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will
242 * internally compute the packet directions.
243 * @param sequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code sequence} such that for all {@code i},
244 * {@code sequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
245 * {@code sequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will internally
246 * compute the packet directions.
248 * @return An {@link Optional} containing the part of {@code sequence} that matches {@code subsequence}, or an empty
249 * {@link Optional} if no part of {@code sequence} matches {@code subsequence}.
251 private Optional<List<PcapPacket>> findSubsequenceInSequence(List<PcapPacket> subsequence,
252 List<PcapPacket> sequence,
253 Conversation.Direction[] subsequenceDirections,
254 Conversation.Direction[] sequenceDirections) {
255 if (sequence.size() < subsequence.size()) {
256 // If subsequence is longer, it cannot be contained in sequence.
257 return Optional.empty();
259 if (isTlsSequence(subsequence) != isTlsSequence(sequence)) {
260 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
261 return Optional.empty();
263 // If packet directions have not been precomputed by calling code, we need to construct them.
264 if (subsequenceDirections == null) {
265 subsequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(subsequence, mRouterWanIp);
267 if (sequenceDirections == null) {
268 sequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(sequence, mRouterWanIp);
272 while (seqIdx < sequence.size()) {
273 PcapPacket subseqPkt = subsequence.get(subseqIdx);
274 PcapPacket seqPkt = sequence.get(seqIdx);
275 // We only have a match if packet lengths and directions match.
276 if (subseqPkt.getOriginalLength() == seqPkt.getOriginalLength() &&
277 subsequenceDirections[subseqIdx] == sequenceDirections[seqIdx]) {
278 // A match; advance both indices to consider next packet in subsequence vs. next packet in sequence.
281 if (subseqIdx == subsequence.size()) {
282 // We managed to match the entire subsequence in sequence.
283 // Return the sublist of sequence that matches subsequence.
286 * ASSUMES THE BACKING LIST (i.e., 'sequence') IS _NOT_ STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED, hence may not work
289 return Optional.of(sequence.subList(seqIdx - subsequence.size(), seqIdx));
295 * If we managed to match parts of subsequence, we restart the search for subsequence in sequence at
296 * the index of sequence where the current mismatch occurred. I.e., we must reset subseqIdx, but
297 * leave seqIdx untouched.
302 * First packet of subsequence didn't match packet at seqIdx of sequence, so we move forward in
303 * sequence, i.e., we continue the search for subsequence in sequence starting at index seqIdx+1 of
310 return Optional.empty();
314 * Overloading the method {@code findSubsequenceInSequence} for range-based matching. Instead of a sequence,
315 * we have sequences of lower and upper bounds.
317 * @param lowerBound The lower bound of the sequence we search for.
318 * @param upperBound The upper bound of the sequence we search for.
319 * @param subsequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code subsequence} such that for all {@code i},
320 * {@code subsequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
321 * {@code subsequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will
322 * internally compute the packet directions.
323 * @param sequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code sequence} such that for all {@code i},
324 * {@code sequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
325 * {@code sequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will internally
326 * compute the packet directions.
328 * @return An {@link Optional} containing the part of {@code sequence} that matches {@code subsequence}, or an empty
329 * {@link Optional} if no part of {@code sequence} matches {@code subsequence}.
331 private Optional<List<PcapPacket>> findSubsequenceInSequence(List<PcapPacket> lowerBound,
332 List<PcapPacket> upperBound,
333 List<PcapPacket> sequence,
334 Conversation.Direction[] subsequenceDirections,
335 Conversation.Direction[] sequenceDirections) {
336 // Just do the checks for either lower or upper bound!
337 // TODO: For now we use just the lower bound
338 if (sequence.size() < lowerBound.size()) {
339 // If subsequence is longer, it cannot be contained in sequence.
340 return Optional.empty();
342 if (isTlsSequence(lowerBound) != isTlsSequence(sequence)) {
343 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
344 return Optional.empty();
346 // If packet directions have not been precomputed by calling code, we need to construct them.
347 if (subsequenceDirections == null) {
348 subsequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(lowerBound, mRouterWanIp);
350 if (sequenceDirections == null) {
351 sequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(sequence, mRouterWanIp);
355 while (seqIdx < sequence.size()) {
356 PcapPacket lowBndPkt = lowerBound.get(subseqIdx);
357 PcapPacket upBndPkt = upperBound.get(subseqIdx);
358 PcapPacket seqPkt = sequence.get(seqIdx);
359 // We only have a match if packet lengths and directions match.
360 // The packet lengths have to be in the range of [lowerBound - eps, upperBound+eps]
361 // We initialize the lower and upper bounds first
362 int epsLowerBound = lowBndPkt.length();
363 int epsUpperBound = upBndPkt.length();
364 // Do strict matching if the lower and upper bounds are the same length
365 // Do range matching with eps otherwise
366 if (epsLowerBound != epsUpperBound) {
367 // TODO: Maybe we could do better here for the double to integer conversion?
368 epsLowerBound = epsLowerBound - (int) mEps;
369 epsUpperBound = epsUpperBound + (int) mEps;
371 if (epsLowerBound <= seqPkt.getOriginalLength() &&
372 seqPkt.getOriginalLength() <= epsUpperBound &&
373 subsequenceDirections[subseqIdx] == sequenceDirections[seqIdx]) {
374 // A match; advance both indices to consider next packet in subsequence vs. next packet in sequence.
377 if (subseqIdx == lowerBound.size()) {
378 // We managed to match the entire subsequence in sequence.
379 // Return the sublist of sequence that matches subsequence.
382 * ASSUMES THE BACKING LIST (i.e., 'sequence') IS _NOT_ STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED, hence may not work
385 return Optional.of(sequence.subList(seqIdx - lowerBound.size(), seqIdx));
391 * If we managed to match parts of subsequence, we restart the search for subsequence in sequence at
392 * the index of sequence where the current mismatch occurred. I.e., we must reset subseqIdx, but
393 * leave seqIdx untouched.
398 * First packet of subsequence didn't match packet at seqIdx of sequence, so we move forward in
399 * sequence, i.e., we continue the search for subsequence in sequence starting at index seqIdx+1 of
406 return Optional.empty();
410 * Given a cluster, produces a pruned version of that cluster. In the pruned version, there are no duplicate cluster
411 * members. Two cluster members are considered identical if their packets lengths and packet directions are
412 * identical. The resulting pruned cluster is unmodifiable (this applies to both the outermost list as well as the
413 * nested lists) in order to preserve its integrity when exposed to external code (e.g., through
414 * {@link #getCluster()}).
416 * @param cluster A cluster to prune.
417 * @return The resulting pruned cluster.
420 protected List<List<PcapPacket>> pruneCluster(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster) {
421 List<List<PcapPacket>> prunedCluster = new ArrayList<>();
422 for (List<PcapPacket> originalClusterSeq : cluster) {
423 boolean alreadyPresent = false;
424 for (List<PcapPacket> prunedClusterSeq : prunedCluster) {
425 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> duplicate = findSubsequenceInSequence(originalClusterSeq, prunedClusterSeq,
426 mClusterMemberDirections, mClusterMemberDirections);
427 if (duplicate.isPresent()) {
428 alreadyPresent = true;
432 if (!alreadyPresent) {
433 prunedCluster.add(Collections.unmodifiableList(originalClusterSeq));
436 return Collections.unmodifiableList(prunedCluster);
440 * Given a {@code List<PcapPacket>}, generate a {@code Conversation.Direction[]} such that each entry in the
441 * resulting {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifies the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the corresponding
442 * index in the input list.
443 * @param packets The list of packets for which to construct a corresponding array of packet directions.
444 * @param routerWanIp The IP of the router's WAN port. This is used for determining the direction of packets when
445 * the traffic is captured just outside the local network (at the ISP side of the router). Set to
446 * {@code null} if {@code packets} stem from traffic captured within the local network.
447 * @return A {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifying the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the
448 * corresponding index in {@code packets}.
450 private static Conversation.Direction[] getPacketDirections(List<PcapPacket> packets, String routerWanIp) {
451 Conversation.Direction[] directions = new Conversation.Direction[packets.size()];
452 for (int i = 0; i < packets.size(); i++) {
453 PcapPacket pkt = packets.get(i);
454 if (getSourceIp(pkt).equals(getDestinationIp(pkt))) {
455 // Sanity check: we shouldn't be processing loopback traffic
456 throw new AssertionError("loopback traffic detected");
458 if (isSrcIpLocal(pkt) || getSourceIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
459 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.CLIENT_TO_SERVER;
460 } else if (isDstIpLocal(pkt) || getDestinationIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
461 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.SERVER_TO_CLIENT;
463 //throw new IllegalArgumentException("no local IP or router WAN port IP found, can't detect direction");