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Table 4 Extracted field values from Layers 1 - 3

From: Comparison of approaches for intrusion detection in substations using the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol

Field

Description

OSI Layer

frame_len

Represents the Ethernet frame length. Minimum size is 64 byte

L1

vlan_id

The VLAN ID field marks which VLAN the frame belongs to.

L2

ip_len

Total Length of the IP packet that includes the IP header and the user data.

 

ip_flags_df

The Don’t Fragment flag bit signals that fragmentation of this packet is not permitted.

 

ip_ttl

Time-to-live tells a network router the time after which a packet should be discarded. Can be set to any value between 1 and 255.