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New ML tool OsirisML enhances OS fingerprinting accuracy

Researchers have developed a new machine learning approach for operating system fingerprinting using the CIC-IDS2017 dataset. The proposed tool, OsirisML, preprocesses network traffic data with nPrint and then applies XGBoost to train and test machine learning models. This method achieved a high accuracy of 97.66% on a subset of the Friday capture and 84.69% on the full Friday capture when data was randomly split for training and testing. For the Monday capture, OsirisML reached 73.83% accuracy and a 79.38% F-1 score. AI

IMPACT This research could improve network security by enabling more accurate identification of operating systems, potentially aiding in threat detection and network management.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new machine learning method and tool for OS fingerprinting. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New ML tool OsirisML enhances OS fingerprinting accuracy

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Jae Sung Kim, Spencer Ekeroth, Jeremy Neale ·

    Machine Learning Optimization for Enhanced OS Fingerprinting

    arXiv:2610.11133v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Operating System (OS) Fingerprinting is a technique that can be used to identify a network's operating systems by evaluating network traffic in the form of TCP/IP packets. This research will explore the effectiveness of passively id…