T800: packet filtering and benchmark for IoT

Requirements

Prior to run the benchmark with T800 with ESP32, the following softwares are required on the host computer:

• Python 3 (tested with v3.8)
• ESP-IDF Framework
• iperf v2 (tested with 2.0.13)
• NMap (tested with 7.80)

How to Install

1. Install the t800 component and its dependencies on the ESP-IDF, run install.sh:

$ source install.sh

2. It is required to configure the network. Enter the folder iperf-benchmark and run idf.py menuconfig. Change the values at the menu option Example Connection Configuration. Change the SSID and the Wi-Fi network password.

$ cd iperf-benchmark
$ idf.py menuconfig

3. To upload the application to the ESP32, connect it to your machine via USB, then find the port it's connected to and finally run idf.py flash -p <YOUR_ESP32_PORT>. Run the application once with idf.py -p <YOUR_ESP32_PORT> monitor, so that the ESP can obtain an IP on your network, and end this execution with ctrl+[.

4. Finally, to be able to run the benchmark, run idf.py menuconfig and change the settings in Benchmark Configuration to include the IPv4 of the attacking machine and the ESP32. Then:

   • Run sudo python attacker.py in a terminal window.
   • Run idf.py -p <YOUR_ESP32_PORT> flash monitor in another terminal window, in parallel.
   • After conducting the experiment, a file data.csv will be generated with all the data collected during the experiment.

For our experiments, the device used was the ESP32. It is worth noting that TCP ports 6767, 6768, and 5001 cannot be in use by the Operating System during the experiment. If they are being used, these settings can be changed using idf.py menuconfig.

Note: During the experiment, pin D5 will be 0 when the experiment is not running and 1 during its execution.

Reproducibility

More details on how to reproduce this work is available inside the manual folder in both English and pt-BR.

Cite

@article{10.5753/jisa.2024.3835,
  title={Design and implementation of intelligent packet filtering in IoT microcontroller-based devices},
  volume={15},
  url={https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jisa/article/view/3835},
  DOI={10.5753/jisa.2024.3835},
  number={1},
  journal={Journal of Internet Services and Applications},
  author={Bertoli, Gustavo de Carvalho and Fernandes, Gabriel Victor C. and Monici, Pedro H. Borges and Guibo, César H. de Araujo and Santos, Aldri Luiz dos and Pereira Júnior, Lourenço Alvez},
  year={2024},
  month={Aug.},
  pages={289–301}
}