Packet analysis system

• US 20060083180A1
• Filed: 09/23/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Suzuki, Kazuya, Tanaka, Takashi, Baba, Shunsuke
• Application Number:
  US11/233,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20060083180A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/18 Protocol analysers

Abstract

A packet analysis system captures packets propagating through a network, and analyzes the captured packets. The packet analysis has a plurality of terminal node type sensors and a server. Each of the terminal node type sensors captures packets propagating through the network, and classifies the captured packets. A server acquires classification information from at least one of the terminal node type sensors through the network, and generates a whole report of the packet analysis system based the acquired classification information.

Claims

1. A packet analysis system for capturing packets propagating through a network and analyzing the captured packets, the packet analysis system comprising:

a plurality of terminal node type sensors which capture packets propagating through the network, and classify the captured packets; and

a server which acquires classification information from at least one of the terminal node type sensors through the network, and generates a whole report of the packet analysis system based the acquired classification information.

2. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the terminal node type sensors comprises:

a communication section which captures packets propagating through the network;

an operation control section which classifies packets captured by the communication section in association with each other, and generates classification information; and

a storage section which stores the packets captured by the communication section and the classification information generated by the operation control section.

3. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal node type sensor classifies the captured packets according to destination port or type.

4. The packet analysis system according to claim 2,

wherein the operation control section reads packets from the storage section, and classifies the captured packets according to destination port or type.

5. The packet analysis system according to claim 4,

wherein the operation control section checks a source IP address of the captured packet,

if an object corresponding to the same source IP address does not exist, the operation control section starts an object for storing an information list of packet information class instances and finally generating classification information, and generates packet information in a packet information instance list, and records a time of the generation thereof, whereas

if the object corresponding to the same source IP address exists, the operation control section adds packet information to a packet information instance list, and records a time of the addition thereof, and

wherein the operation control section determines an existence condition of the object every regular inspection time, and if the existence condition is not satisfied, packet information stored in the packet information instance list is output together with the source IP addresses to generate classification information.

6. The packet analysis system according to claim 5,

wherein if addition of packet information to the packet information instance list is not executed for a given time, the operation control section determines that the existence condition is not satisfied.

7. The packet analysis system according to claim 6,

wherein the given time is variable.

8. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal node type sensor classifies the captured packet according to a difference of packet propagation method.

9. The packet analysis system according to claim 2,

wherein the operation control section classifies the captured packet according to a difference of packet propagation method.

10. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers and the number of types of destination port numbers are equal and the number of types of destination network addresses and the number of types of destination host addresses are equal, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Normal.”

11. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers is larger than the number of types of destination port numbers and the number of types of destination network addresses and the number of types of destination host addresses are equal, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Port_Scan.”

12. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers is smaller than the number of types of destination port numbers and the number of types of destination network addresses and the number of types of destination host addresses are equal, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Port_Scan2.”

13. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers is larger than the number of types of destination port numbers and the number of types of destination network addresses is smaller than the number of types of destination host addresses, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Network_Scan.”

14. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers and the number of types of destination port numbers are equal and the number of types of destination network addresses is smaller than the number of types of destination host addresses, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Network_Scan2.”

15. The packet analysis system according to claim 9,

wherein if the number of types of source port numbers is smaller than the number of types of destination port numbers and the number of types of destination network addresses is smaller than the number of types of destination host addresses, the operation control section classifies the acquired packet into type “

Network_Scan3.”

16. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the server acquires classification information from each of the terminal node type sensors through the network, and

integrates the acquired classification information to create the report.

17. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the server acquires retained classification information from one of the terminal node type sensors through the network, and

integrates the acquired classification information to create the report.

18. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the server acquires retained classification information from any terminal node type sensor selected from among the terminal node type sensors through the network, and

integrates the acquired classification information to create the report.

19. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the report involves information regarding date, time, milliseconds, source IP address, country code, protocol, classification based on packet propagation method difference, and classification based on packet destination port or type.

20. The packet analysis system according to claim 1,

wherein the report is a log file.