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" Using the Cell processor as an offload streaming assist for sessionization of network traffic for cross packet inspection "
John Anthony Martellaro R. Melton

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52683
Doc. No	:	TL22637
Call number	:	‭1456793‬
Main Entry	:	John Anthony Martellaro
Title & Author	:	Using the Cell processor as an offload streaming assist for sessionization of network traffic for cross packet inspection\ John Anthony Martellaro
College	:	Rochester Institute of Technology
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	70
Abstract	:	Deep packet inspection is a means of ensuring network security and eliminating malicious activity by scanning the contents of packets for threats. Deep packet inspection analyzes each packet on an individual basis to ensure that it does not exhibit a malicious signature. As network link speeds increase as well as the number of threats, it becomes increasingly difficult to scan for threats in real time. As a result, costly and very specialized hardware implementations were designed to handle the demand of scanning packets at high link rates. It is common that packets from the same session arrive out of order at inspection points. As a result it is possible that a signature can exist across the boundaries of two different packets and a scanner will miss a potential threat. The IBM Cell Broadband Engine was selected to group packets of the same session together prior to scanning because it offered a cost effective solution compared to specialized hardware. By having the ability to scan across packet boundaries one achieves a greater degree of threat detection and characterization of traffic. This thesis investigates the performance achieved by using the Cell processor as a preprocessor to group packets from the same network sessions together for scanning across packet boundaries. The implemented sessionizer was capable of processing network traffic at a worst case rate of 3 Gb/s and a best case of 20 Gb/s with four out of eight available synergistic processing elements.
Subject	:	Applied sciences; Cell processor; Cross packet inspection; Packet scanning; Electrical engineering; 0544:Electrical engineering
Added Entry	:	R. Melton
Added Entry	:	Rochester Institute of Technology