An MLP-based Deep Learning Approach for Detecting DDoS Attacks

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1 Department of Computer Science, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

2 DepartmDepartment of Computer Engineering, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iranent of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

3 Department of Computer Engineering, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are among the primary concerns in internet security today. Machine learning can be exploited to detect such attacks. In this paper, a multi-layer perceptron model is proposed and implemented using deep machine learning to distinguish between malicious and normal traffic based on their behavioral patterns. The proposed model is trained and tested using the CICDDoS2019 dataset. To remove irrelevant and redundant data from the dataset and increase learning accuracy, feature selection is used to select and extract the most effective features that allow us to detect these attacks. Moreover, we use the grid search algorithm to acquire optimum values of the model’s hyperparameters among the parameters’ space. In addition, the sensitivity of accuracy of the model to variations of an input parameter is analyzed. Finally, the effectiveness of the presented model is validated in comparison with some state-of-the-art works.

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TABRIZ JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 52, Issue 3 - Serial Number 101
October 2022
Pages 195-204

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