DDoS Attacks Detection using Different Decision Tree Algorithms

G. Dayanandam*, E. Srinivasa Reddy**, D. Bujji Babu***
*-** Department of CSE, ANUCET, ANU, Guntur, India.
*** QISCET, Ongole, India.
Periodicity:July - September'2024
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jcom.12.2.21108

Abstract

In today's world, the banking sector, government organizations, and various users in the finance and insurance sectors have grown exponentially. In such situations, they become primary targets for attackers. The main focus of these attackers is to disrupt services for legitimate users. Recently, attackers have targeted banks in Ukraine during the Russia- Ukraine war, causing a shortage of money in banks and making it difficult for people to withdraw funds. These types of attacks fall under the category of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The primary objectives of these DDoS attacks are to gain financial control and damage the reputation of the affected organization or country. The purpose of this paper is to detect DDoS attacks using various Decision Tree Classifiers in Machine Learning algorithms. We utilized the 'caret' package in R, which is well-known for its Classification and Regression Techniques. We split the KDD'99 dataset based on the outcome variable. We employed the 'rpart' method to classify the dataset using CART and C4.5 algorithms. Experimental results indicate that our classification methods achieve a better accuracy rate compared to other decision tree methods.

Keywords

DDoS Attacks, Caret Package, CART, C4.5, KDD'99 Dataset, Decision Tree Classifier and Machine Learning Algorithms.

How to Cite this Article?

Dayanandam, G., Reddy, E. S., and Babu, D. B. (2024). DDoS Attacks Detection using Different Decision Tree Algorithms. i-manager’s Journal on Computer Science, 12(2), 28-37. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcom.12.2.21108

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