Malicious encrypted network traffic flow detection using enhanced optimal deep feature selection with DLSTM

Abstract

This paper plans to implement a novel detection model of maliciously encrypted internet protocol network flow using the deep structured concept. The major processing levels are (i) data collection, (ii) feature extraction, (iii) optimal feature selection, and (iv) detection. In the beginning, the standard dataset is taken from online databases. The deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) is introduced for the deep feature extraction process. The accurate features are chosen by the crossover decision-based krill herd algorithm (CD-KHA) which helps to minimize the training complexity of the deep structured architecture. These selected features are given to the hybridized deep learning with long short-term memory (LSTM) and deep neural network (DNN). Here, the structural design of the model is improved by the same CD-KHA. Through the comparison and analysis, the accuracy rate of the offered method shows higher performance than the other baseline approaches. © 2024 World Scientific Publishing Company.