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Title:

Identifying Different Behaviours Behind the Network Address Translation / Proxy Systems

Agreement Number:

EGP2

Agreement Value:

$10,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 23, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Nova Scotia, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q2-00514

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Zincir-Heywood, Nur (Dalhousie University)

Program:

Engage Plus Grants for Universities

Program Purpose:

The usage of Network Address Translation (NAT) and/or Network Proxy systems is very common among thex000D
devices such as computers, laptops and smart phones connecting to the Internet. These systems act as an agentx000D
between the Internet and a private network, e.g. user's local area network. This means that only a single IPx000D
address is required to represent one or more computers (users) to the rest of the Internet. Thus, NATs/Proxiesx000D
are used for many reasons including a solution to the shortage of IPv4 addresses, security, or anonymity. In thisx000D
research, our goal is to explore whether we can find specific patterns in the network traffic that will enable usx000D
to identify NAT/Proxy like behaviors and the different users and services behind them. In doing so, we aim tox000D
differentiate malicious usage of these systems from legitimate usage.