Switchwall: Automated Topology Fingerprinting and Behavior Deviation Identification

The continuous improvement of bandwidth, pervasiveness, and functionality of network switching technologies is deeply changing the Internet landscape. Indeed, it has become tedious and sometimes infeasible to manually assure the network integrity on a regular basis: existing hardware and software can be tampered with and new devices can be connected or become nonoperational without any notification. Moreover, changes in the network topology can be introduced by human error, by hardware or software failures, or even by a malicious adversary (e.g. rogue systems).

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