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Table 3 A part of features in the CSE-CIC-IDS2018 dataset

From: MAFSIDS: a reinforcement learning-based intrusion detection model for multi-agent feature selection networks

Feature name

Feature short description

Dst Port

Destination port of connection

Protocol

Protocol used during connection

Timestamp

Time that connection occurred

Flow Duration

Duration that connection occurred

Tot Fwd Pkts

Total number of forward packets

Tot Bwd Pkts

Total number of backward packets

TotLen Fwd Pkts

Total length of forward packets

Fwd Pkt Len Max

Maximum length of forward packets

Bwd Pkt Len Mean

Mean size of packet in backward direction

Flow IAT Std

Standard deviation time between two packets sent in the forward direction

Fwd Seg Size Min

Minimum segment size observed in the forward direction

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Active Mean

Mean time a flow was active before becoming idle

Idle Std

Standard deviation time a flow was idle before becoming active

Idle Min

Minimum time a flow was idle before becoming active

Label

Describes if file is Attack or Benign

  1. The first column is the name of the feature
  2. The second column is the description corresponding to the feature