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Table 1 Description of selected Netflow features

From: Impact of class distribution on the detection of slow HTTP DoS attacks using Big Data

Feature name

Description

Protocol

Transport-layer protocol number of flow

Packets

Number of packets in flow

Bytes

Number of bytes in flow

Flags

Logical OR of TCP flag fields of flow

Initial Flags

TCP flags in initial packet

Session Flags

All TCP flags in entire connection

Attributes

Flow attributes [SFTC]

Duration

Duration length (in milliseconds) of flow

Payload Bytes

Size of payload measured in bytes

Payload Rate

Non-overhead packet data per second

Packets/Second

Number of packets per second

Bytes/Second

Number of bytes per second

Bytes/Packet

Number of bytes per packet

Class

Class label (attack or normal)