Upgrading a power grid to a smart grid is a challenging task. For example, since power grids
were originally developed to support unidirectional communications, the migration process …

Deep packet inspection (DPI) is widely used in content-aware network applications such as
network intrusion detection systems, traffic billing, load balancing, and government …

Packet content scanning at high speed has become extremely important due to its
applications in network security, network monitoring, HTTP load balancing, etc. In content …

There is a growing demand for network devices capable of examining the content of data
packets in order to improve network security and provide application-specific services. Most …

The constant increase in link speeds and number of threats poses challenges to network
intrusion detection systems (NIDS), which must cope with higher traffic throughput and …

Zero-day polymorphic worms pose a serious threat to the security of Internet infrastructures.
Given their rapid propagation, it is crucial to detect them at edge networks and automatically …

Network intrusion detection and prevention systems have emerged as one of the most
effective ways of providing security to those connected to the network, and at the heart of …

Deterministic finite automata (DFAs) are widely used to perform regular expression matching
in linear time. Several techniques have been proposed to compress DFAs in order to reduce …

Deep packet inspection is playing an increasingly important role in the design of novel
network services. Regular expressions are the language of choice for writing signatures, but …

Most of the security threats in various communications networks are posed by the illegitimate
entities that enter or intrude within the network perimeter, which could commonly be termed …