On the identification and analysis of Skype traffic

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-117

  Molnár, Sándor ^a   Perényi, Marcell ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

analysis; flow dynamics; Skype; traffic identification

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DEDICATED SERVERS; FIXED NETWORKS; FLOW LEVEL; FLOW-DYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; NETWORK TYPES; NOVEL ALGORITHM; OFFLINE; P2P SYSTEM; PACKET HEADER; PACKET PAYLOADS; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; SKYPE; TRAFFIC IDENTIFICATION; VOICE CALLS;

ALGORITHMS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; NETWORK SECURITY;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 78650624618     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1142     Document Type: Article

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