A Parser for Deep Packet Inspection of IEC-104: A Practical Solution for Industrial Applications

Justyna Joanna Chromik; Anne Katharina Ingrid Remke; Boudewijn R.H.M. Haverkort; Gerard Geist

doi:10.1109/DSN-Industry.2019.00008

A Parser for Deep Packet Inspection of IEC-104: A Practical Solution for Industrial Applications

Justyna Joanna Chromik, Anne Katharina Ingrid Remke, Boudewijn R.H.M. Haverkort, Gerard Geist (Advisor)

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Abstract

We present a practical solution for deep packet inspection for IEC-104 SCADA traffic, which can be used in monitoring approaches to ensure the dependable operation of critical systems. We re-implement an outdated parser and extend it to also parse the content of individual IEC-104 packets and to extract information relevant for monitoring and securing the physical processes being controlled. The deep packet inspection framework Spicy was used for the implementation, which allows for easy extensibility in the future. To illustrate the feasibility of the proposed solution, the throughput obtained when using the parser in combination with the monitoring tool Zeek has been evaluated for traces of different lengths. The traces have been captured in an operating electrical distribution field station with a single RTU.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks – Industry Track
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-3032-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN-Industry.2019.00008
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2019
Event	49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2019 - The Benson Hotel, Portland, United States Duration: 24 Jun 2019 → 27 Jun 2019 Conference number: 49

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Conference	49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2019
Abbreviated title	DSN 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	24/06/19 → 27/06/19

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Chromik, JJ, Remke, AKI , Haverkort, BRHM & Geist, G 2019, A Parser for Deep Packet Inspection of IEC-104: A Practical Solution for Industrial Applications. in 2019 49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks – Industry Track. IEEE, 49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2019, Portland, Oregon, United States, 24/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN-Industry.2019.00008

A Parser for Deep Packet Inspection of IEC-104: A Practical Solution for Industrial Applications. / Chromik, Justyna Joanna; Remke, Anne Katharina Ingrid ; Haverkort, Boudewijn R.H.M. et al.
2019 49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks – Industry Track. IEEE, 2019.

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