Distributed PowerShell Load Generator (D-PLG): A New Tool for Dynamically Generating Network Traffic

Paul Jordan, Chip Van Patten, Gilbert Peterson, Andrew Sellers

2016

Abstract

Recently, a framework has been developed to automate the training of prediction algorithms but has only been tested on one system. In order to generalize the approach a few key functions must be performed. One of these functions is load generation. Unfortunately, a valid load generator has not been developed for a Microsoft Windows active directory environment. In this paper we introduce and detail a tool that we have developed to make the implementation of this new framework possible in a Microsoft domain, we present data generated by our tool to demonstrate its efficacy, and finish with several extensions and applications for our tool.

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in Harvard Style

Jordan P., Van Patten C., Peterson G. and Sellers A. (2016). Distributed PowerShell Load Generator (D-PLG): A New Tool for Dynamically Generating Network Traffic . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-199-1, pages 195-202. DOI: 10.5220/0005961501950202


in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech16,
author={Paul Jordan and Chip Van Patten and Gilbert Peterson and Andrew Sellers},
title={Distributed PowerShell Load Generator (D-PLG): A New Tool for Dynamically Generating Network Traffic},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2016},
pages={195-202},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005961501950202},
isbn={978-989-758-199-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - Distributed PowerShell Load Generator (D-PLG): A New Tool for Dynamically Generating Network Traffic
SN - 978-989-758-199-1
AU - Jordan P.
AU - Van Patten C.
AU - Peterson G.
AU - Sellers A.
PY - 2016
SP - 195
EP - 202
DO - 10.5220/0005961501950202