Biologically inspired intrusion detection in distributed systems

Author

Geoffrey Franklin Roth

Abstract

"This thesis explores the possibility of using biological models to create an intrusion detection system for a distributed application. In an attempt to try and achieve this goal, a C++ program was created that simulates an artificial immune system of white blood cells and other detectors found in the human body. Different trace files from a distributed system were passed through the program in an attempt to detect intrusive behavior. In order to consider the problem of possible ordering of concurrent events in the distributed application, a localized sliding lattice is constructed that allows the program to consider any ordering of events. While the artificial immune system was able to find a significant percentage of the intrusions in the trace files, it mislabeled a great deal of non-intrusive behavior"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

McMillin, Bruce M.

Committee Member(s)

Liu, Xiaoqing Frank
Gelles, Gregory M.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 2003

Pagination

viii, 63 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60).

Rights

© 2003 Geoffrey Franklin Roth, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Computer networks -- Security measures
Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing

Thesis Number

T 8339

Print OCLC #

54893388

Link to Catalog Record

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Recommended Citation

Roth, Geoffrey Franklin, "Biologically inspired intrusion detection in distributed systems" (2003). Masters Theses. 2401.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2401