Traffic Classification of User Behaviors in Tor, I2P, ZeroNet, Freenet

Abstract

In recent years, more and more anonymous network have been developed. Since user's identity is difficult to trace in anonymous networks, many illegal activities are carried out in darknet. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical classifier of darknet traffic which can distinguish four types of darknet(Tor, I2P, ZeroNet, Freenet) and 25 darknet users' behavior. Due to the lack of public datasets, we deployed a darknet data probe that can capture real darknet traffic in Tor, I2P, ZeroNet, Freenet. After collecting and labeling darknet traffic, we extract 26 time-based flow features that can represent the characteristics of darknet traffic and train a hierarchical classifier constructed by 6 local classifiers. Results show that the classifier can easily distinguish Tor, I2P, ZeroNet, Freenet four kinds of darknet clients with an accuracy of 96.9% and identify 8 kinds of user behaviors for each type of darknet with an accuracy of 91.6% on average. With the help of this hierarchical classification method, darknet user behaviors can be accurately distinguished at the traffic exit.