Table 3 Explanation of some of the most important features of the CICIDS2017 dataset.

From: Optimized extreme learning machines with deep learning for high-performance network traffic classification

Feature Name

Description

Source IP

IP Address of the Source Computer

Destination IP

IP Address of the Destination Computer

Source Port

Source Port Number

Destination Port

Destination Port Number

Protocol

Protocol Number in Use

Total Fwd Packets

Total Number of Packets Sent

Total Length of Fwd Packets

Total Length of Sent Packets

Flow Bytes/s

Flow Rate in Bytes per Second

min_seg_size_forward

Minimum Size of Forwarded Segment

Avg Fwd Segment Size

Average Size of Forwarded Segment