IMPACT - Supporting Research and Development of Security Technologies through Network and Security Data Collection

Statement of Work

CAIDA provides fundamental research on a reasonable efforts basis and in accordance with UC policy. We shall accomplish the following data providing, data hosting, and project support tasks:

I. Providing Data

CAIDA will provide the following data to IMPACT:

Dataset Name	Dates	Content	Notes
IPv4 Routed /24 Topology	2008 - ongoing	forward IPv4 paths, reply Time-to-Live (TTL), Round-Trip-Time (RTT), and ICMP responses	Measured from Ark platform
IPv4 Routed /24 DNS Names	2008 - ongoing	Fully-qualified domain names for IP addresses in the IPv4 Routed /24 dataset	Uses a custom-built bulk DNS lookup service
IPv6 Topology	2008 - ongoing	forward IPv6 paths, TTL, RTT, and ICMP responses	Measured from Ark platform
Internet Topology Data Kits (ITDK)	2010 - ongoing	Router-level topology data, router-to-AS assignments, geographic location of each router, DNS lookups of all observed IP addresses	Derived from Ark measurements once every 3-6 months
Active Internet Topology Measurements with Skitter	1998 - 2008	IP paths, RTT	Legacy data
Near Real-time UCSD Network Telescope Data	2001 - ongoing	IP packets in PCAP format	The most recent 2 months of data
Archived samples of Near Real-time UCSD Network Telescope Data	2001 - ongoing	IP packets in PCAP format	Archived periodically, TBD
OC48 Peering Point IP Packet Headers	2002 - 2003	Three packet traces in PCAP format captured in 2002-2003	Legacy data

Tasks

1	Describe the physical, logical and functional configuration of the collection mechanism for datasets provided to IMPACT
2	Document and implement a process for managing datasets listed above for dissemination via the IMPACT legal framework
3	Support the maintenance of the IMPACT data catalog (hosted by the IMPACT Coordinating Center, PCC) consistent with the data collection and data curation tasks
4	Describe any restrictions on the use of any datasets provided to IMPACT including international dissemination
5	Describe efforts and methods employed to ensure that the data is legally collected and compliant with privacy laws, anonymization techniques (if applied), and appropriate disclosure control processes
6	Describe and implement any Institution Review Board (IRB), or ethics review processes related to dataset requests, including nominal timelines, the issues to consider, and the expected frequency of reviews
7	Provide a risk analysis of any dataset provided to IMPACT that addresses federal, state, local, and international laws relevant to the collection and dissemination of the dataset, as well as any ethical issues
8	Describe how data collections are planned to evolve as devices, architectures, and protocols evolve

II. Data Hosting

Tasks

1	Provide a data hosting infrastructure to support the IMPACT project.
2	Describe any expansion plans for hosts and bandwidth to be needed as a result of traffic growth.
3	Describe scenarios and processes for the dissemination of data that may occur via media.
4	Provide a description of data hosting infrastructure to be employed in the performance of this SOW (hardware, software, logical configuration, and mirroring or redundancy equivalence)
5	If willing to host external data, indicate the availability of infrastructure and provide a plan for curating data from external sources.

III. Project Support

Implement and document IMPACT project support, as follows:

Tasks

1	Attend PI Meetings (not to exceed 3 times per year) and provide an on-site venue for hosting PI Meetings (as requested).
2	Provide regular status briefings, participate in monthly teleconferences, project planning efforts, program reviews, and other technical interchange meetings.
3	Collaborate with other IMPACT project participants on the establishment and monitoring of project-level metrics to describe the utility of the provided and hosted datasets, evaluate the dataset popularity, track the growth of the data collection, and other.
4	Describe how UCSD will meet IMPACT goals for reviewing, negotiating, and executing IMPACT legal documents including Data Provider and Data Host Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) with PCC. Discuss the availability of decision making legal support and any other required entity needed to respond to these documents consistent with UCSD policy and within seven (7) business days.
5	Support the IMPACT ARB activities to screen researcher organizations, referring organizations and researchers for legitimacy of purpose and intent of IMPACT data use.
6	Describe and implement a plan to publicize the availability of the data provided via IMPACT.
7	Support project outreach via Government approved workshops, conferences, and other technical forums.

Deliverables

In the course of the project, CAIDA shall provide the following deliverables:

	Deliverable	Date	Status
1	Project Management Plan	November 15, 2012	done: 2014 2012
2	Hosting Infrastructure Description Document	November 15, 2012	done: 2014 2012
3	Technical Status Report	quarterly
4	Financial Status Report	monthly	ongoing
5	Briefings and Research Papers	as available
6	Final Report	upon completion of the project

Acknowledgement of awarding agency's support

This material is based on research sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, Cyber Security Division (DHS S&T/HSARPA/CSD), BAA 11-01-RIKA and Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate under agreement number FA8750-12-2-0326. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon.

The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of Department of Homeland Security, Air Force Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government.