Design and implementation of intelligent packet filtering in IoT microcontroller-based devices

Autor(es)

Bertoli, Gustavo de Carvalho ; Fernandes, Gabriel Victor C. ; Monici, Pedro H. Borges ; Guibo, Cesar H. de Araujo ; dos Santos, Aldri Luiz ; Pereira Junior, Lourenco Alves

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS; v. 15, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2024-01-01.

Resumo

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly pervasive and essential in enabling new applications and services. However, their widespread use also exposes them to exploitable vulnerabilities and flaws that can lead to significant losses. In this context, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures is essential to protect IoT devices from malicious attacks. However, the current solutions that provide flexible policy specifications and higher security levels for IoT devices are scarce. To address this gap, we introduce T800, a low-resource packet filter that utilizes machine learning (ML) algorithms to classify packets in IoT devices. We present a detailed performance benchmarking framework and demonstrate T800's effectiveness on the ESP32 system-on-chip microcontroller and ESP-IDF framework. Our evaluation shows that T800 is an efficient solution that increases device computational capacity by excluding unsolicited malicious traffic from the processing pipeline. Additionally, T800 is adaptable to different systems and provides a well-documented performance evaluation strategy for security ML-based mechanisms on ESP32-based IoT systems. Our research contributes to improving the cybersecurity of resource-constrained IoT devices and provides a scalable, efficient solution that can be used to enhance the security of IoT systems. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/09850-0 - Centro de Pesquisa Aplicada em Inteligência Artificial: impulsionando a transformação das indústrias rumo ao padrão 5.0
• Beneficiário: Jefferson de Oliveira Gomes
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Centros de Pesquisa em Engenharia
• Processo FAPESP: 21/09416-1 - Implementação de um mecanismo de filtragem de pacotes para sistemas de Internet das Coisas
• Beneficiário: Pedro Henrique Borges Monici
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica