1 package edu.uci.iotproject.detection.layer3;
3 import edu.uci.iotproject.detection.AbstractClusterMatcher;
4 import edu.uci.iotproject.detection.ClusterMatcherObserver;
5 import edu.uci.iotproject.trafficreassembly.layer3.Conversation;
6 import edu.uci.iotproject.trafficreassembly.layer3.TcpReassembler;
7 import edu.uci.iotproject.analysis.TcpConversationUtils;
8 import edu.uci.iotproject.io.PcapHandleReader;
9 import edu.uci.iotproject.util.PrintUtils;
10 import org.pcap4j.core.*;
12 import java.time.ZoneId;
14 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
16 import static edu.uci.iotproject.util.PcapPacketUtils.*;
19 * Searches a traffic trace for sequences of packets "belong to" a given cluster (in other words, attempts to classify
20 * traffic as pertaining to a given cluster).
22 * @author Janus Varmarken {@literal <jvarmark@uci.edu>}
23 * @author Rahmadi Trimananda {@literal <rtrimana@uci.edu>}
25 public class Layer3ClusterMatcher extends AbstractClusterMatcher implements PacketListener {
28 * The ordered directions of packets in the sequences that make up {@link #mCluster}.
30 private final Conversation.Direction[] mClusterMemberDirections;
33 * For reassembling the observed traffic into TCP connections.
35 private final TcpReassembler mTcpReassembler = new TcpReassembler();
38 * IP of the router's WAN port (if analyzed traffic is captured at the ISP's point of view).
40 private final String mRouterWanIp;
43 * Epsilon value used by the DBSCAN algorithm; it is used again for range-based matching here.
45 private final double mEps;
48 * Create a {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher}.
49 * @param cluster The cluster that traffic is matched against.
50 * @param routerWanIp The router's WAN IP if examining traffic captured at the ISP's point of view (used for
51 * determining the direction of packets).
52 * @param eps The epsilon value used in the DBSCAN algorithm.
53 * @param isRangeBased The boolean that decides if it is range-based vs. strict matching.
54 * @param detectionObservers Client code that wants to get notified whenever the {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} detects that
55 * (a subset of) the examined traffic is similar to the traffic that makes up
56 * {@code cluster}, i.e., when the examined traffic is classified as pertaining to
59 public Layer3ClusterMatcher(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster, String routerWanIp, boolean isRangeBased, double eps,
60 ClusterMatcherObserver... detectionObservers) {
61 super(cluster, isRangeBased);
62 Objects.requireNonNull(detectionObservers, "detectionObservers cannot be null");
63 for (ClusterMatcherObserver obs : detectionObservers) {
66 // Build the cluster members' direction sequence.
67 // Note: assumes that the provided cluster was captured within the local network (routerWanIp is set to null).
68 mClusterMemberDirections = getPacketDirections(cluster.get(0), null);
70 * Enforce restriction on cluster members: all representatives must exhibit the same direction pattern and
71 * contain the same number of packets. Note that this is a somewhat heavy operation, so it may be disabled later
72 * on in favor of performance. However, it is only run once (at instantiation), so the overhead may be warranted
73 * in order to ensure correctness, especially during the development/debugging phase.
75 if (!isRangeBased) { // Only when it is not range-based
76 if (mCluster.stream().
77 anyMatch(inner -> !Arrays.equals(mClusterMemberDirections, getPacketDirections(inner, null)))) {
78 throw new IllegalArgumentException(
79 "cluster members must contain the same number of packets and exhibit the same packet direction " +
85 mRouterWanIp = routerWanIp;
89 public void gotPacket(PcapPacket packet) {
90 // Present packet to TCP reassembler so that it can be mapped to a connection (if it is a TCP packet).
91 mTcpReassembler.gotPacket(packet);
95 * Get the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
96 * @return the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
98 public List<List<PcapPacket>> getCluster() {
102 public void performDetectionRangeBased() {
104 * Let's start out simple by building a version that only works for signatures that do not span across multiple
105 * TCP conversations...
107 for (Conversation c : mTcpReassembler.getTcpConversations()) {
108 if (c.isTls() && c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets().isEmpty() || !c.isTls() && c.getPackets().isEmpty()) {
109 // Skip empty conversations.
112 List<PcapPacket> lowerBound = mCluster.get(0);
113 List<PcapPacket> upperBound = mCluster.get(1);
114 if (isTlsSequence(lowerBound) != c.isTls() || isTlsSequence(upperBound) != c.isTls()) {
115 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
118 // Fetch set of packets to examine based on TLS or not.
119 List<PcapPacket> cPkts = c.isTls() ? c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets() : c.getPackets();
120 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> match;
121 while ((match = findSubsequenceInSequence(lowerBound, upperBound, cPkts, mClusterMemberDirections, null)).
123 List<PcapPacket> matchSeq = match.get();
124 // Notify observers about the match.
125 mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
127 * Get the index in cPkts of the last packet in the sequence of packets that matches the searched
128 * signature sequence.
130 int matchSeqEndIdx = cPkts.indexOf(matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size() - 1));
131 // We restart the search for the signature sequence immediately after that index, so truncate cPkts.
132 cPkts = cPkts.stream().skip(matchSeqEndIdx + 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
137 public void performDetectionConservative() {
139 * Let's start out simple by building a version that only works for signatures that do not span across multiple
140 * TCP conversations...
142 for (Conversation c : mTcpReassembler.getTcpConversations()) {
143 if (c.isTls() && c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets().isEmpty() || !c.isTls() && c.getPackets().isEmpty()) {
144 // Skip empty conversations.
147 for (List<PcapPacket> signatureSequence : mCluster) {
148 if (isTlsSequence(signatureSequence) != c.isTls()) {
149 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
152 // Fetch set of packets to examine based on TLS or not.
153 List<PcapPacket> cPkts = c.isTls() ? c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets() : c.getPackets();
155 * Note: we embed the attempt to detect the signature sequence in a loop in order to capture those cases
156 * where the same signature sequence appears multiple times in one Conversation.
158 * Note: since we expect all sequences that together make up the signature to exhibit the same direction
159 * pattern, we can simply pass the precomputed direction array for the signature sequence so that it
160 * won't have to be recomputed internally in each call to findSubsequenceInSequence().
162 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> match;
163 while ((match = findSubsequenceInSequence(signatureSequence, cPkts, mClusterMemberDirections, null)).
165 List<PcapPacket> matchSeq = match.get();
166 // Notify observers about the match.
167 mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
169 * Get the index in cPkts of the last packet in the sequence of packets that matches the searched
170 * signature sequence.
172 int matchSeqEndIdx = cPkts.indexOf(matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size() - 1));
173 // We restart the search for the signature sequence immediately after that index, so truncate cPkts.
174 cPkts = cPkts.stream().skip(matchSeqEndIdx + 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
180 * if no item in cluster matches, also perform a distance-based matching to cover those cases where we did
181 * not manage to capture every single mutation of the sequence during training.
183 * Need to compute average/centroid of cluster to do so...? Compute within-cluster variance, then check if
184 * distance between input conversation and cluster average/centroid is smaller than or equal to the computed
191 * Checks if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets. Note: the current implementation relies on inspection
192 * of the port numbers when deciding between TLS vs. non-TLS. Therefore, only the first packet of {@code sequence}
193 * is examined as it is assumed that all packets in {@code sequence} pertain to the same {@link Conversation} and
194 * hence share the same set of two src/dst port numbers (albeit possibly alternating between which one is the src
195 * and which one is the dst, as packets in {@code sequence} may be in alternating directions).
196 * @param sequence The sequence of packets for which it is to be determined if it is a sequence of TLS packets or
198 * @return {@code true} if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets, {@code false} otherwise.
200 private boolean isTlsSequence(List<PcapPacket> sequence) {
201 // NOTE: Assumes ALL packets in sequence pertain to the same TCP connection!
202 PcapPacket firstPkt = sequence.get(0);
203 int srcPort = getSourcePort(firstPkt);
204 int dstPort = getDestinationPort(firstPkt);
205 return TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(srcPort) || TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(dstPort);
209 * Examine if a given sequence of packets ({@code sequence}) contains a given shorter sequence of packets
210 * ({@code subsequence}). Note: the current implementation actually searches for a substring as it does not allow
211 * for interleaving packets in {@code sequence} that are not in {@code subsequence}; for example, if
212 * {@code subsequence} consists of packet lengths [2, 3, 5] and {@code sequence} consists of packet lengths
213 * [2, 3, 4, 5], the result will be that there is no match (because of the interleaving 4). If we are to allow
214 * interleaving packets, we need a modified version of
215 * <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/20545604/1214974">this</a>.
217 * @param subsequence The sequence to search for.
218 * @param sequence The sequence to search.
219 * @param subsequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code subsequence} such that for all {@code i},
220 * {@code subsequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
221 * {@code subsequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will
222 * internally compute the packet directions.
223 * @param sequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code sequence} such that for all {@code i},
224 * {@code sequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
225 * {@code sequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will internally
226 * compute the packet directions.
228 * @return An {@link Optional} containing the part of {@code sequence} that matches {@code subsequence}, or an empty
229 * {@link Optional} if no part of {@code sequence} matches {@code subsequence}.
231 private Optional<List<PcapPacket>> findSubsequenceInSequence(List<PcapPacket> subsequence,
232 List<PcapPacket> sequence,
233 Conversation.Direction[] subsequenceDirections,
234 Conversation.Direction[] sequenceDirections) {
235 if (sequence.size() < subsequence.size()) {
236 // If subsequence is longer, it cannot be contained in sequence.
237 return Optional.empty();
239 if (isTlsSequence(subsequence) != isTlsSequence(sequence)) {
240 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
241 return Optional.empty();
243 // If packet directions have not been precomputed by calling code, we need to construct them.
244 if (subsequenceDirections == null) {
245 subsequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(subsequence, mRouterWanIp);
247 if (sequenceDirections == null) {
248 sequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(sequence, mRouterWanIp);
252 while (seqIdx < sequence.size()) {
253 PcapPacket subseqPkt = subsequence.get(subseqIdx);
254 PcapPacket seqPkt = sequence.get(seqIdx);
255 // We only have a match if packet lengths and directions match.
256 if (subseqPkt.getOriginalLength() == seqPkt.getOriginalLength() &&
257 subsequenceDirections[subseqIdx] == sequenceDirections[seqIdx]) {
258 // A match; advance both indices to consider next packet in subsequence vs. next packet in sequence.
261 if (subseqIdx == subsequence.size()) {
262 // We managed to match the entire subsequence in sequence.
263 // Return the sublist of sequence that matches subsequence.
266 * ASSUMES THE BACKING LIST (i.e., 'sequence') IS _NOT_ STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED, hence may not work
269 return Optional.of(sequence.subList(seqIdx - subsequence.size(), seqIdx));
275 * If we managed to match parts of subsequence, we restart the search for subsequence in sequence at
276 * the index of sequence where the current mismatch occurred. I.e., we must reset subseqIdx, but
277 * leave seqIdx untouched.
282 * First packet of subsequence didn't match packet at seqIdx of sequence, so we move forward in
283 * sequence, i.e., we continue the search for subsequence in sequence starting at index seqIdx+1 of
290 return Optional.empty();
294 * Overloading the method {@code findSubsequenceInSequence} for range-based matching. Instead of a sequence,
295 * we have sequences of lower and upper bounds.
297 * @param lowerBound The lower bound of the sequence we search for.
298 * @param upperBound The upper bound of the sequence we search for.
299 * @param subsequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code subsequence} such that for all {@code i},
300 * {@code subsequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
301 * {@code subsequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will
302 * internally compute the packet directions.
303 * @param sequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code sequence} such that for all {@code i},
304 * {@code sequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
305 * {@code sequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will internally
306 * compute the packet directions.
308 * @return An {@link Optional} containing the part of {@code sequence} that matches {@code subsequence}, or an empty
309 * {@link Optional} if no part of {@code sequence} matches {@code subsequence}.
311 private Optional<List<PcapPacket>> findSubsequenceInSequence(List<PcapPacket> lowerBound,
312 List<PcapPacket> upperBound,
313 List<PcapPacket> sequence,
314 Conversation.Direction[] subsequenceDirections,
315 Conversation.Direction[] sequenceDirections) {
316 // Just do the checks for either lower or upper bound!
317 // TODO: For now we use just the lower bound
318 if (sequence.size() < lowerBound.size()) {
319 // If subsequence is longer, it cannot be contained in sequence.
320 return Optional.empty();
322 if (isTlsSequence(lowerBound) != isTlsSequence(sequence)) {
323 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
324 return Optional.empty();
326 // If packet directions have not been precomputed by calling code, we need to construct them.
327 if (subsequenceDirections == null) {
328 subsequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(lowerBound, mRouterWanIp);
330 if (sequenceDirections == null) {
331 sequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(sequence, mRouterWanIp);
335 while (seqIdx < sequence.size()) {
336 PcapPacket lowBndPkt = lowerBound.get(subseqIdx);
337 PcapPacket upBndPkt = upperBound.get(subseqIdx);
338 PcapPacket seqPkt = sequence.get(seqIdx);
339 // We only have a match if packet lengths and directions match.
340 // The packet lengths have to be in the range of [lowerBound - eps, upperBound+eps]
341 // TODO: Maybe we could do better here for the double to integer conversion?
342 int epsLowerBound = lowBndPkt.length() - (int) mEps;
343 int epsUpperBound = upBndPkt.length() + (int) mEps;
344 if (epsLowerBound <= seqPkt.getOriginalLength() &&
345 seqPkt.getOriginalLength() <= epsUpperBound &&
346 subsequenceDirections[subseqIdx] == sequenceDirections[seqIdx]) {
347 // A match; advance both indices to consider next packet in subsequence vs. next packet in sequence.
350 if (subseqIdx == lowerBound.size()) {
351 // We managed to match the entire subsequence in sequence.
352 // Return the sublist of sequence that matches subsequence.
355 * ASSUMES THE BACKING LIST (i.e., 'sequence') IS _NOT_ STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED, hence may not work
358 return Optional.of(sequence.subList(seqIdx - lowerBound.size(), seqIdx));
364 * If we managed to match parts of subsequence, we restart the search for subsequence in sequence at
365 * the index of sequence where the current mismatch occurred. I.e., we must reset subseqIdx, but
366 * leave seqIdx untouched.
371 * First packet of subsequence didn't match packet at seqIdx of sequence, so we move forward in
372 * sequence, i.e., we continue the search for subsequence in sequence starting at index seqIdx+1 of
379 return Optional.empty();
383 * Given a cluster, produces a pruned version of that cluster. In the pruned version, there are no duplicate cluster
384 * members. Two cluster members are considered identical if their packets lengths and packet directions are
385 * identical. The resulting pruned cluster is unmodifiable (this applies to both the outermost list as well as the
386 * nested lists) in order to preserve its integrity when exposed to external code (e.g., through
387 * {@link #getCluster()}).
389 * @param cluster A cluster to prune.
390 * @return The resulting pruned cluster.
393 protected List<List<PcapPacket>> pruneCluster(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster) {
394 List<List<PcapPacket>> prunedCluster = new ArrayList<>();
395 for (List<PcapPacket> originalClusterSeq : cluster) {
396 boolean alreadyPresent = false;
397 for (List<PcapPacket> prunedClusterSeq : prunedCluster) {
398 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> duplicate = findSubsequenceInSequence(originalClusterSeq, prunedClusterSeq,
399 mClusterMemberDirections, mClusterMemberDirections);
400 if (duplicate.isPresent()) {
401 alreadyPresent = true;
405 if (!alreadyPresent) {
406 prunedCluster.add(Collections.unmodifiableList(originalClusterSeq));
409 return Collections.unmodifiableList(prunedCluster);
413 * Given a {@code List<PcapPacket>}, generate a {@code Conversation.Direction[]} such that each entry in the
414 * resulting {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifies the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the corresponding
415 * index in the input list.
416 * @param packets The list of packets for which to construct a corresponding array of packet directions.
417 * @param routerWanIp The IP of the router's WAN port. This is used for determining the direction of packets when
418 * the traffic is captured just outside the local network (at the ISP side of the router). Set to
419 * {@code null} if {@code packets} stem from traffic captured within the local network.
420 * @return A {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifying the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the
421 * corresponding index in {@code packets}.
423 private static Conversation.Direction[] getPacketDirections(List<PcapPacket> packets, String routerWanIp) {
424 Conversation.Direction[] directions = new Conversation.Direction[packets.size()];
425 for (int i = 0; i < packets.size(); i++) {
426 PcapPacket pkt = packets.get(i);
427 if (getSourceIp(pkt).equals(getDestinationIp(pkt))) {
428 // Sanity check: we shouldn't be processing loopback traffic
429 throw new AssertionError("loopback traffic detected");
431 if (isSrcIpLocal(pkt) || getSourceIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
432 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.CLIENT_TO_SERVER;
433 } else if (isDstIpLocal(pkt) || getDestinationIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
434 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.SERVER_TO_CLIENT;
436 //throw new IllegalArgumentException("no local IP or router WAN port IP found, can't detect direction");