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 public static void main(String[] args) throws PcapNativeException, NotOpenException {
30 // String path = "/scratch/July-2018"; // Rahmadi
31 String path = "/Users/varmarken/temp/UCI IoT Project/experiments"; // Janus
32 final String inputPcapFile = path + "/2018-07/dlink/dlink.wlan1.local.pcap";
33 final String signatureFile = path + "/2018-07/dlink/offSignature1.sig";
35 List<List<PcapPacket>> signature = PrintUtils.deserializeClustersFromFile(signatureFile);
36 Layer3ClusterMatcher clusterMatcher = new Layer3ClusterMatcher(signature, null,
37 (sig, match) -> System.out.println(
38 String.format("[ !!! SIGNATURE DETECTED AT %s !!! ]",
39 match.get(0).getTimestamp().atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles")))
45 handle = Pcaps.openOffline(inputPcapFile, PcapHandle.TimestampPrecision.NANO);
46 } catch (PcapNativeException pne) {
47 handle = Pcaps.openOffline(inputPcapFile);
49 PcapHandleReader reader = new PcapHandleReader(handle, p -> true, clusterMatcher);
50 reader.readFromHandle();
51 clusterMatcher.performDetection();
55 * The ordered directions of packets in the sequences that make up {@link #mCluster}.
57 private final Conversation.Direction[] mClusterMemberDirections;
60 * For reassembling the observed traffic into TCP connections.
62 private final TcpReassembler mTcpReassembler = new TcpReassembler();
65 * IP of the router's WAN port (if analyzed traffic is captured at the ISP's point of view).
67 private final String mRouterWanIp;
70 * Create a {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher}.
71 * @param cluster The cluster that traffic is matched against.
72 * @param routerWanIp The router's WAN IP if examining traffic captured at the ISP's point of view (used for
73 * determining the direction of packets).
74 * @param detectionObservers Client code that wants to get notified whenever the {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} detects that
75 * (a subset of) the examined traffic is similar to the traffic that makes up
76 * {@code cluster}, i.e., when the examined traffic is classified as pertaining to
79 public Layer3ClusterMatcher(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster, String routerWanIp,
80 ClusterMatcherObserver... detectionObservers) {
82 Objects.requireNonNull(detectionObservers, "detectionObservers cannot be null");
83 for (ClusterMatcherObserver obs : detectionObservers) {
86 // Build the cluster members' direction sequence.
87 // Note: assumes that the provided cluster was captured within the local network (routerWanIp is set to null).
88 mClusterMemberDirections = getPacketDirections(cluster.get(0), null);
90 * Enforce restriction on cluster members: all representatives must exhibit the same direction pattern and
91 * contain the same number of packets. Note that this is a somewhat heavy operation, so it may be disabled later
92 * on in favor of performance. However, it is only run once (at instantiation), so the overhead may be warranted
93 * in order to ensure correctness, especially during the development/debugging phase.
95 if (mCluster.stream().
96 anyMatch(inner -> !Arrays.equals(mClusterMemberDirections, getPacketDirections(inner, null)))) {
97 throw new IllegalArgumentException(
98 "cluster members must contain the same number of packets and exhibit the same packet direction " +
102 mRouterWanIp = routerWanIp;
106 public void gotPacket(PcapPacket packet) {
107 // Present packet to TCP reassembler so that it can be mapped to a connection (if it is a TCP packet).
108 mTcpReassembler.gotPacket(packet);
112 * Get the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
113 * @return the cluster that describes the packet sequence that this {@link Layer3ClusterMatcher} is searching for.
115 public List<List<PcapPacket>> getCluster() {
119 public void performDetection() {
121 * Let's start out simple by building a version that only works for signatures that do not span across multiple
122 * TCP conversations...
124 for (Conversation c : mTcpReassembler.getTcpConversations()) {
125 if (c.isTls() && c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets().isEmpty() || !c.isTls() && c.getPackets().isEmpty()) {
126 // Skip empty conversations.
129 for (List<PcapPacket> signatureSequence : mCluster) {
130 if (isTlsSequence(signatureSequence) != c.isTls()) {
131 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
134 // Fetch set of packets to examine based on TLS or not.
135 List<PcapPacket> cPkts = c.isTls() ? c.getTlsApplicationDataPackets() : c.getPackets();
137 * Note: we embed the attempt to detect the signature sequence in a loop in order to capture those cases
138 * where the same signature sequence appears multiple times in one Conversation.
140 * Note: since we expect all sequences that together make up the signature to exhibit the same direction
141 * pattern, we can simply pass the precomputed direction array for the signature sequence so that it
142 * won't have to be recomputed internally in each call to findSubsequenceInSequence().
144 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> match;
145 while ((match = findSubsequenceInSequence(signatureSequence, cPkts, mClusterMemberDirections, null)).
147 List<PcapPacket> matchSeq = match.get();
148 // Notify observers about the match.
149 mObservers.forEach(o -> o.onMatch(Layer3ClusterMatcher.this, matchSeq));
151 * Get the index in cPkts of the last packet in the sequence of packets that matches the searched
152 * signature sequence.
154 int matchSeqEndIdx = cPkts.indexOf(matchSeq.get(matchSeq.size()-1));
155 // We restart the search for the signature sequence immediately after that index, so truncate cPkts.
156 cPkts = cPkts.stream().skip(matchSeqEndIdx + 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
161 * if no item in cluster matches, also perform a distance-based matching to cover those cases where we did
162 * not manage to capture every single mutation of the sequence during training.
164 * Need to compute average/centroid of cluster to do so...? Compute within-cluster variance, then check if
165 * distance between input conversation and cluster average/centroid is smaller than or equal to the computed
172 * Checks if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets. Note: the current implementation relies on inspection
173 * of the port numbers when deciding between TLS vs. non-TLS. Therefore, only the first packet of {@code sequence}
174 * is examined as it is assumed that all packets in {@code sequence} pertain to the same {@link Conversation} and
175 * hence share the same set of two src/dst port numbers (albeit possibly alternating between which one is the src
176 * and which one is the dst, as packets in {@code sequence} may be in alternating directions).
177 * @param sequence The sequence of packets for which it is to be determined if it is a sequence of TLS packets or
179 * @return {@code true} if {@code sequence} is a sequence of TLS packets, {@code false} otherwise.
181 private boolean isTlsSequence(List<PcapPacket> sequence) {
182 // NOTE: Assumes ALL packets in sequence pertain to the same TCP connection!
183 PcapPacket firstPkt = sequence.get(0);
184 int srcPort = getSourcePort(firstPkt);
185 int dstPort = getDestinationPort(firstPkt);
186 return TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(srcPort) || TcpConversationUtils.isTlsPort(dstPort);
190 * Examine if a given sequence of packets ({@code sequence}) contains a given shorter sequence of packets
191 * ({@code subsequence}). Note: the current implementation actually searches for a substring as it does not allow
192 * for interleaving packets in {@code sequence} that are not in {@code subsequence}; for example, if
193 * {@code subsequence} consists of packet lengths [2, 3, 5] and {@code sequence} consists of packet lengths
194 * [2, 3, 4, 5], the result will be that there is no match (because of the interleaving 4). If we are to allow
195 * interleaving packets, we need a modified version of
196 * <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/20545604/1214974">this</a>.
198 * @param subsequence The sequence to search for.
199 * @param sequence The sequence to search.
200 * @param subsequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code subsequence} such that for all {@code i},
201 * {@code subsequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
202 * {@code subsequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will
203 * internally compute the packet directions.
204 * @param sequenceDirections The directions of packets in {@code sequence} such that for all {@code i},
205 * {@code sequenceDirections[i]} is the direction of the packet returned by
206 * {@code sequence.get(i)}. May be set to {@code null}, in which this call will internally
207 * compute the packet directions.
209 * @return An {@link Optional} containing the part of {@code sequence} that matches {@code subsequence}, or an empty
210 * {@link Optional} if no part of {@code sequence} matches {@code subsequence}.
212 private Optional<List<PcapPacket>> findSubsequenceInSequence(List<PcapPacket> subsequence,
213 List<PcapPacket> sequence,
214 Conversation.Direction[] subsequenceDirections,
215 Conversation.Direction[] sequenceDirections) {
216 if (sequence.size() < subsequence.size()) {
217 // If subsequence is longer, it cannot be contained in sequence.
218 return Optional.empty();
220 if (isTlsSequence(subsequence) != isTlsSequence(sequence)) {
221 // We consider it a mismatch if one is a TLS application data sequence and the other is not.
222 return Optional.empty();
224 // If packet directions have not been precomputed by calling code, we need to construct them.
225 if (subsequenceDirections == null) {
226 subsequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(subsequence, mRouterWanIp);
228 if (sequenceDirections == null) {
229 sequenceDirections = getPacketDirections(sequence, mRouterWanIp);
233 while (seqIdx < sequence.size()) {
234 PcapPacket subseqPkt = subsequence.get(subseqIdx);
235 PcapPacket seqPkt = sequence.get(seqIdx);
236 // We only have a match if packet lengths and directions match.
237 if (subseqPkt.getOriginalLength() == seqPkt.getOriginalLength() &&
238 subsequenceDirections[subseqIdx] == sequenceDirections[seqIdx]) {
239 // A match; advance both indices to consider next packet in subsequence vs. next packet in sequence.
242 if (subseqIdx == subsequence.size()) {
243 // We managed to match the entire subsequence in sequence.
244 // Return the sublist of sequence that matches subsequence.
247 * ASSUMES THE BACKING LIST (i.e., 'sequence') IS _NOT_ STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED, hence may not work
250 return Optional.of(sequence.subList(seqIdx - subsequence.size(), seqIdx));
256 * If we managed to match parts of subsequence, we restart the search for subsequence in sequence at
257 * the index of sequence where the current mismatch occurred. I.e., we must reset subseqIdx, but
258 * leave seqIdx untouched.
263 * First packet of subsequence didn't match packet at seqIdx of sequence, so we move forward in
264 * sequence, i.e., we continue the search for subsequence in sequence starting at index seqIdx+1 of
271 return Optional.empty();
275 * Given a cluster, produces a pruned version of that cluster. In the pruned version, there are no duplicate cluster
276 * members. Two cluster members are considered identical if their packets lengths and packet directions are
277 * identical. The resulting pruned cluster is unmodifiable (this applies to both the outermost list as well as the
278 * nested lists) in order to preserve its integrity when exposed to external code (e.g., through
279 * {@link #getCluster()}).
281 * @param cluster A cluster to prune.
282 * @return The resulting pruned cluster.
285 protected List<List<PcapPacket>> pruneCluster(List<List<PcapPacket>> cluster) {
286 List<List<PcapPacket>> prunedCluster = new ArrayList<>();
287 for (List<PcapPacket> originalClusterSeq : cluster) {
288 boolean alreadyPresent = false;
289 for (List<PcapPacket> prunedClusterSeq : prunedCluster) {
290 Optional<List<PcapPacket>> duplicate = findSubsequenceInSequence(originalClusterSeq, prunedClusterSeq,
291 mClusterMemberDirections, mClusterMemberDirections);
292 if (duplicate.isPresent()) {
293 alreadyPresent = true;
297 if (!alreadyPresent) {
298 prunedCluster.add(Collections.unmodifiableList(originalClusterSeq));
301 return Collections.unmodifiableList(prunedCluster);
305 * Given a {@code List<PcapPacket>}, generate a {@code Conversation.Direction[]} such that each entry in the
306 * resulting {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifies the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the corresponding
307 * index in the input list.
308 * @param packets The list of packets for which to construct a corresponding array of packet directions.
309 * @param routerWanIp The IP of the router's WAN port. This is used for determining the direction of packets when
310 * the traffic is captured just outside the local network (at the ISP side of the router). Set to
311 * {@code null} if {@code packets} stem from traffic captured within the local network.
312 * @return A {@code Conversation.Direction[]} specifying the direction of the {@link PcapPacket} at the
313 * corresponding index in {@code packets}.
315 private static Conversation.Direction[] getPacketDirections(List<PcapPacket> packets, String routerWanIp) {
316 Conversation.Direction[] directions = new Conversation.Direction[packets.size()];
317 for (int i = 0; i < packets.size(); i++) {
318 PcapPacket pkt = packets.get(i);
319 if (getSourceIp(pkt).equals(getDestinationIp(pkt))) {
320 // Sanity check: we shouldn't be processing loopback traffic
321 throw new AssertionError("loopback traffic detected");
323 if (isSrcIpLocal(pkt) || getSourceIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
324 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.CLIENT_TO_SERVER;
325 } else if (isDstIpLocal(pkt) || getDestinationIp(pkt).equals(routerWanIp)) {
326 directions[i] = Conversation.Direction.SERVER_TO_CLIENT;
328 //throw new IllegalArgumentException("no local IP or router WAN port IP found, can't detect direction");