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[**NFStream**][repo] is a multiplatform Python framework providing fast, flexible, and expressive data structures designed to make
working with **online** or **offline** network data easy and intuitive. It aims to be Python's fundamental high-level
building block for doing practical, **real-world** network flow data analysis. Additionally, it has the broader
goal of becoming **a unifying network data analytics framework for researchers** providing data reproducibility
across experiments.
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<td><b>Live Notebook</b></td>
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## Table of Contents
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Main Features](#main-features)
- [How to get it?](#how-to-get-it)
- [How to use it?](#how-to-use-it)
- [Encrypted application identification and metadata extraction](#encrypted-application-identification-and-metadata-extraction)
- [System visibility](#system-visibility)
- [Post-mortem statistical flow features extraction](#post-mortem-statistical-flow-features-extraction)
- [Early statistical flow features extraction](#early-statistical-flow-features-extraction)
- [Pandas export interface](#pandas-export-interface)
- [CSV export interface](#csv-export-interface)
- [Extending NFStream](#extending-nfstream)
- [Machine Learning models training and deployment](#machine-learning-models-training-and-deployment)
- [Training the model](#training-the-model)
- [ML powered streamer on live traffic](#ml-powered-streamer-on-live-traffic)
- [Building from sources ](#building-from-sources---)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Ethics](#ethics)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [Citation](#citation)
- [Authors](#authors)
- [Supporting organizations](#supporting-organizations)
- [Publications that use NFStream](#publications-that-use-nfstream)
- [License](#license)
## Main Features
* **Performance:** NFStream is designed to be fast: [**AF_PACKET_V3/FANOUT**][packet] on Linux, multiprocessing, native
[**CFFI based**][cffi] computation engine, and [**PyPy**][pypy] full support.
* **Encrypted layer-7 visibility:** NFStream deep packet inspection is based on [**nDPI**][ndpi].
It allows NFStream to perform [**reliable**][reliable] encrypted applications identification and metadata
fingerprinting (e.g. TLS, SSH, DHCP, HTTP).
* **System visibility:** NFStream probes the monitored system's kernel to obtain information on open Internet sockets
and collects guaranteed ground-truth (process name, PID, etc.) at the application level.
* **Statistical features extraction:** NFStream provides state of the art of flow-based statistical feature extraction.
It includes post-mortem statistical features (e.g., minimum, mean, standard deviation, and maximum of packet size and
inter-arrival time) and early flow features (e.g. sequence of first n packets sizes, inter-arrival times, and directions).
* **Flexibility:** NFStream is easily extensible using [**NFPlugins**][nfplugin]. It allows the creation of a new flow
feature within a few lines of Python.
* **Machine Learning oriented:** NFStream aims to make Machine Learning Approaches for network traffic management
reproducible and deployable. By using NFStream as a common framework, researchers ensure that models are trained using
the same feature computation logic, and thus, a fair comparison is possible. Moreover, trained models can be deployed
and evaluated on live networks using [**NFPlugins**][nfplugin].
## How to get it?
Binary installers for the latest released version are available on Pypi.
```bash
pip install nfstream
```
> **Windows Notes**: NFStream does not include capture drivers on Windows (license restrictions). It is required to
> install [Npcap drivers][npcap] before installing NFStream.
> If Wireshark is already installed on Windows, then Npcap drivers are already installed, and you do not need to perform
> any additional action.
## How to use it?
### Encrypted application identification and metadata extraction
Dealing with a big pcap file and want to aggregate into labeled network flows? **NFStream** make this path easier in
a few lines:
```python
from nfstream import NFStreamer
# We display all streamer parameters with their default values.
# See documentation for detailed information about each parameter.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#nfstreamer
my_streamer = NFStreamer(source="facebook.pcap", # or live network interface
decode_tunnels=True,
bpf_filter=None,
promiscuous_mode=True,
snapshot_length=1536,
idle_timeout=120,
active_timeout=1800,
accounting_mode=0,
udps=None,
n_dissections=20,
statistical_analysis=False,
splt_analysis=0,
n_meters=0,
max_nflows=0,
performance_report=0,
system_visibility_mode=0,
system_visibility_poll_ms=100)
for flow in my_streamer:
print(flow) # print it.
```
```python
# See documentation for each feature detailed description.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#nflow
NFlow(id=0,
expiration_id=0,
src_ip='192.168.43.18',
src_mac='30:52:cb:6c:9c:1b',
src_oui='30:52:cb',
src_port=52066,
dst_ip='66.220.156.68',
dst_mac='98:0c:82:d3:3c:7c',
dst_oui='98:0c:82',
dst_port=443,
protocol=6,
ip_version=4,
vlan_id=0,
tunnel_id=0,
bidirectional_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
bidirectional_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
bidirectional_duration_ms=1300,
bidirectional_packets=19,
bidirectional_bytes=5745,
src2dst_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
src2dst_last_seen_ms=1472393123408,
src2dst_duration_ms=1043,
src2dst_packets=9,
src2dst_bytes=1345,
dst2src_first_seen_ms=1472393122668,
dst2src_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
dst2src_duration_ms=997,
dst2src_packets=10,
dst2src_bytes=4400,
application_name='TLS.Facebook',
application_category_name='SocialNetwork',
application_is_guessed=0,
application_confidence=4,
requested_server_name='facebook.com',
client_fingerprint='t12d1310h2_27a29bd8d6e6_85173d161f9a',
server_fingerprint='2d1eb5817ece335c24904f516ad5da12',
user_agent='',
content_type='')
```
### System visibility
NFStream probes the monitored system's kernel to obtain information on open Internet sockets and collects guaranteed
ground-truth (process name, PID, etc.) at the application level.
```python
from nfstream import NFStreamer
my_streamer = NFStreamer(source="Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz", # Live capture mode.
# Disable L7 dissection for readability purpose only.
n_dissections=0,
system_visibility_poll_ms=100,
system_visibility_mode=1)
for flow in my_streamer:
print(flow) # print it.
```
```python
# See documentation for each feature detailed description.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#nflow
NFlow(id=0,
expiration_id=0,
src_ip='192.168.43.18',
src_mac='30:52:cb:6c:9c:1b',
src_oui='30:52:cb',
src_port=59339,
dst_ip='184.73.244.37',
dst_mac='98:0c:82:d3:3c:7c',
dst_oui='98:0c:82',
dst_port=443,
protocol=6,
ip_version=4,
vlan_id=0,
tunnel_id=0,
bidirectional_first_seen_ms=1638966705265,
bidirectional_last_seen_ms=1638966706999,
bidirectional_duration_ms=1734,
bidirectional_packets=98,
bidirectional_bytes=424464,
src2dst_first_seen_ms=1638966705265,
src2dst_last_seen_ms=1638966706999,
src2dst_duration_ms=1734,
src2dst_packets=22,
src2dst_bytes=2478,
dst2src_first_seen_ms=1638966705345,
dst2src_last_seen_ms=1638966706999,
dst2src_duration_ms=1654,
dst2src_packets=76,
dst2src_bytes=421986,
# The process that generated this reported flow.
system_process_pid=14596,
system_process_name='FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe')
```
### Post-mortem statistical flow features extraction
NFStream performs 48 post-mortem flow statistical features extraction, which includes detailed TCP flags analysis,
minimum, mean, maximum, and standard deviation of both packet size and inter-arrival time in each direction.
```python
from nfstream import NFStreamer
my_streamer = NFStreamer(source="facebook.pcap",
# Disable L7 dissection for readability purpose.
n_dissections=0,
statistical_analysis=True)
for flow in my_streamer:
print(flow)
```
```python
# See documentation for each feature detailed description.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#nflow
NFlow(id=0,
expiration_id=0,
src_ip='192.168.43.18',
src_mac='30:52:cb:6c:9c:1b',
src_oui='30:52:cb',
src_port=52066,
dst_ip='66.220.156.68',
dst_mac='98:0c:82:d3:3c:7c',
dst_oui='98:0c:82',
dst_port=443,
protocol=6,
ip_version=4,
vlan_id=0,
tunnel_id=0,
bidirectional_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
bidirectional_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
bidirectional_duration_ms=1300,
bidirectional_packets=19,
bidirectional_bytes=5745,
src2dst_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
src2dst_last_seen_ms=1472393123408,
src2dst_duration_ms=1043,
src2dst_packets=9,
src2dst_bytes=1345,
dst2src_first_seen_ms=1472393122668,
dst2src_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
dst2src_duration_ms=997,
dst2src_packets=10,
dst2src_bytes=4400,
bidirectional_min_ps=66,
bidirectional_mean_ps=302.36842105263156,
bidirectional_stddev_ps=425.53315715259754,
bidirectional_max_ps=1454,
src2dst_min_ps=66,
src2dst_mean_ps=149.44444444444446,
src2dst_stddev_ps=132.20354676701294,
src2dst_max_ps=449,
dst2src_min_ps=66,
dst2src_mean_ps=440.0,
dst2src_stddev_ps=549.7164925870628,
dst2src_max_ps=1454,
bidirectional_min_piat_ms=0,
bidirectional_mean_piat_ms=72.22222222222223,
bidirectional_stddev_piat_ms=137.34994188549086,
bidirectional_max_piat_ms=398,
src2dst_min_piat_ms=0,
src2dst_mean_piat_ms=130.375,
src2dst_stddev_piat_ms=179.72036811192467,
src2dst_max_piat_ms=415,
dst2src_min_piat_ms=0,
dst2src_mean_piat_ms=110.77777777777777,
dst2src_stddev_piat_ms=169.51458475436397,
dst2src_max_piat_ms=409,
bidirectional_syn_packets=2,
bidirectional_cwr_packets=0,
bidirectional_ece_packets=0,
bidirectional_urg_packets=0,
bidirectional_ack_packets=18,
bidirectional_psh_packets=9,
bidirectional_rst_packets=0,
bidirectional_fin_packets=0,
src2dst_syn_packets=1,
src2dst_cwr_packets=0,
src2dst_ece_packets=0,
src2dst_urg_packets=0,
src2dst_ack_packets=8,
src2dst_psh_packets=4,
src2dst_rst_packets=0,
src2dst_fin_packets=0,
dst2src_syn_packets=1,
dst2src_cwr_packets=0,
dst2src_ece_packets=0,
dst2src_urg_packets=0,
dst2src_ack_packets=10,
dst2src_psh_packets=5,
dst2src_rst_packets=0,
dst2src_fin_packets=0)
```
### Early statistical flow features extraction
NFStream performs early (up to 255 packets) flow statistical features extraction (referred to as SPLT analysis in the
literature). It is summarized as a sequence of these packets' directions, sizes, and inter-arrival times.
```python
from nfstream import NFStreamer
my_streamer = NFStreamer(source="facebook.pcap",
# We disable l7 dissection for readability purpose.
n_dissections=0,
splt_analysis=10)
for flow in my_streamer:
print(flow)
```
```python
# See documentation for each feature detailed description.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#nflow
NFlow(id=0,
expiration_id=0,
src_ip='192.168.43.18',
src_mac='30:52:cb:6c:9c:1b',
src_oui='30:52:cb',
src_port=52066,
dst_ip='66.220.156.68',
dst_mac='98:0c:82:d3:3c:7c',
dst_oui='98:0c:82',
dst_port=443,
protocol=6,
ip_version=4,
vlan_id=0,
tunnel_id=0,
bidirectional_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
bidirectional_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
bidirectional_duration_ms=1300,
bidirectional_packets=19,
bidirectional_bytes=5745,
src2dst_first_seen_ms=1472393122365,
src2dst_last_seen_ms=1472393123408,
src2dst_duration_ms=1043,
src2dst_packets=9,
src2dst_bytes=1345,
dst2src_first_seen_ms=1472393122668,
dst2src_last_seen_ms=1472393123665,
dst2src_duration_ms=997,
dst2src_packets=10,
dst2src_bytes=4400,
# The sequence of 10 first packet direction, size and inter arrival time.
splt_direction=[0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1],
splt_ps=[74, 74, 66, 262, 66, 1454, 66, 1454, 66, 463],
splt_piat_ms=[0, 303, 0, 0, 313, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1])
```
### Pandas export interface
NFStream natively supports Pandas as an export interface.
```python
# See documentation for more details.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#pandas-dataframe-conversion
from nfstream import NFStreamer
my_dataframe = NFStreamer(source='teams.pcap').to_pandas()[["src_ip",
"src_port",
"dst_ip",
"dst_port",
"protocol",
"bidirectional_packets",
"bidirectional_bytes",
"application_name"]]
my_dataframe.head(5)
```
![Pandas](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nfstream/nfstream/master/assets/pandas_df.png?raw=true)
### CSV export interface
NFStream natively supports CSV file format as an export interface.
```python
# See documentation for more details.
# https://www.nfstream.org/docs/api#csv-file-conversion
flows_count = NFStreamer(source='facebook.pcap').to_csv(path=None,
columns_to_anonymize=(),
flows_per_file=0,
rotate_files=0)
```
### Extending NFStream
Didn't find a specific flow feature? add a plugin to **NFStream** in a few lines:
```python
from nfstream import NFPlugin
class MyCustomPktSizeFeature(NFPlugin):
def on_init(self, packet, flow):
# flow creation with the first packet
if packet.raw_size == self.custom_size:
flow.udps.packet_with_custom_size = 1
else:
flow.udps.packet_with_custom_size = 0
def on_update(self, packet, flow):
# flow update with each packet belonging to the flow
if packet.raw_size == self.custom_size:
flow.udps.packet_with_custom_size += 1
extended_streamer = NFStreamer(source='facebook.pcap',
udps=MyCustomPktSizeFeature(custom_size=555))
for flow in extended_streamer:
# see your dynamically created metric in generated flows
print(flow.udps.packet_with_custom_size)
```
### Machine Learning models training and deployment
The following simplistic example demonstrates how to train and deploy a machine-learning approach for traffic
flow categorization.
We want to run a classification of Social Network category flows based on bidirectional_packets and bidirectional_bytes
as input features. For the sake of brevity, we decide to predict only at the flow expiration stage.
#### Training the model
```python
from nfstream import NFPlugin, NFStreamer
import numpy
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
df = NFStreamer(source="training_traffic.pcap").to_pandas()
X = df[["bidirectional_packets", "bidirectional_bytes"]]
y = df["application_category_name"].apply(lambda x: 1 if 'SocialNetwork' in x else 0)
model = RandomForestClassifier()
model.fit(X, y)
```
#### ML powered streamer on live traffic
```python
class ModelPrediction(NFPlugin):
def on_init(self, packet, flow):
flow.udps.model_prediction = 0
def on_expire(self, flow):
# You can do the same in on_update entrypoint and force expiration with custom id.
to_predict = numpy.array([flow.bidirectional_packets,
flow.bidirectional_bytes]).reshape((1,-1))
flow.udps.model_prediction = self.my_model.predict(to_predict)
ml_streamer = NFStreamer(source="eth0", udps=ModelPrediction(my_model=model))
for flow in ml_streamer:
print(flow.udps.model_prediction)
```
More NFPlugin examples and details are provided in the official [**documentation**][documentation]. You can also test
NFStream without installation using our [**live demo notebook**][demo].
## Building from sources ![l] ![m] ![w]
To build **NFStream** from sources, please read the [**installation guide**][install] provided in the official
documentation.
## Contributing
Please read [**Contributing**][contribute] for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull
requests to us.
## Ethics
**NFStream** is intended for network data research and forensics. Researchers and network data scientists can use this
framework to build reliable datasets and train and evaluate network-applied machine learning models.
As with any packet monitoring tool, **NFStream** could be misused. **Do not run it on any network that you do not own or
administrate**.
## Credits
### Citation
[**NFStream paper**][doi] is published in [**Computer Networks (COMNET)**][comnet]. If you use NFStream in a scientific
publication, we would appreciate citations to the following article:
``` latex
@article{AOUINI2022108719,
title = {NFStream: A flexible network data analysis framework},
author = {Aouini, Zied and Pekar, Adrian},
doi = {10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108719},
issn = {1389-1286},
journal = {Computer Networks},
pages = {108719},
year = {2022},
publisher = {Elsevier},
volume = {204},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128621005739}
}
```
### Authors
The following people contributed to NFStream:
* [**Zied Aouini**](mailto:aouinizied@gmail.com): Creator and core developer.
* [**Adrian Pekar**](mailto:adrian.pekar@gmail.com): Co-creator and core developer.
* [**Romain Picard**](mailto:romain.picard@oakbits.com): MDNS and DHCP plugins implementation.
* [**Radion Bikmukhamedov**](mailto:radion.bikmukhamedov@pm.me): Initial work on SPLT analysis NFPlugin.
* [**Jorge Casajús-Setién**](mailto:jcasajus@titaniumindustrialsecurity.com): JA4 signature plugin implementation.
### Supporting organizations
The following organizations supported NFStream:
* [**SoftAtHome**](https://www.softathome.com/): Supporter of NFStream development.
* [**Technical University of Košice**](https://www.tuke.sk/): Hardware and infrastructure for datasets generation and
storage.
* [**ntop**](https://www.ntop.org/): Technical support of [**nDPI**][ndpi] integration.
* [**The Nmap Project**](https://nmap.org): Technical support of [**Npcap**][npcap] integration
(NPCAP OEM installer on Windows CI).
* [**Google OSS Fuzz**](https://google.github.io/oss-fuzz/): Continious fuzzing
testing support of NFStream project.
[![sah]](https://www.softathome.com/) [![tuke]](https://www.tuke.sk/) [![ntop]](https://www.ntop.org/) [![nmap]](https://nmap.org/) [![google]](https://google.github.io/oss-fuzz/)
## Publications that use NFStream
More than [**100 research papers**](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&cites=14084093141225707606&scipsc=) have already used NFStream as part of their processing pipelines.
## License
This project is licensed under the LGPLv3 License - see the [**License**][license] file for details
[license]: https://github.com/nfstream/nfstream/blob/master/LICENSE
[contribute]: https://nfstream.org/docs/community
[documentation]: https://nfstream.org/
[ndpi]: https://github.com/ntop/nDPI
[npcap]: https://npcap.org
[nfplugin]: https://nfstream.org/docs/api#nfplugin
[reliable]: http://people.ac.upc.edu/pbarlet/papers/ground-truth.pam2014.pdf
[repo]: https://nfstream.org/
[demo]: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/nfstream/nfstream/master?filepath=demo_notebook.ipynb
[pypy]: https://www.pypy.org/
[cffi]: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/goals.html
[sah]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nfstream/nfstream/master/assets/sah_logo.png?raw=true
[tuke]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nfstream/nfstream/master/assets/tuke_logo.png?raw=true
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[install]: https://www.nfstream.org/docs/#building-nfstream-from-sources
[doi]: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108719
[comnet]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computer-networks/vol/204/suppl/C
[packet]: https://manned.org/packet.7