ASF++

The Attack Simulation Framework makes it possible to simulate the impact of cyber-physical attacks on WSNs.

Thanks to ASF, the user can describe attacks, and evaluate their impact, on the network and the application.

Under porting from Castalia 3.2 to Castalia 3.3.

Description

ASF++ is composed by three elments:

• an Attack Description Language (ADL);
• an Attack Description Interpreter (ADI);
• an Attack Simulator.

Attack Description Language

ADL is a high-level and user friendly description language that provides users with the capability of describe the effects of cyber-physical attacks on the network or the application.

Attack Description Interpreter

ADI is the 'glue' between ADL and the underlying simulator. It interprets the description of the attacks and produces an XML file, that will be used by the simulator.

Attack Simulator

The attack simulator is the engine of the ASF++. It parses the XML file produced by the interpreter and simulates the effects of the attacks.

The attack simulator is based on Castalia/OMNeT++.

Workflow

After deploying and building ASF++ on the local machine, it is easy to carry out an attack simulation:

1. build a simulation scenario by using the NED language,
2. describe the effects of the attacks under survey by using the Attack Description Language,
3. interprets the attack description by using the Attack Description Interpreter,
4. launch the simulation.

Build the simulator

After installing OMNeT++ 4.6, in the asfpp' directory type:

$ ./makemake
$ make

Acknowledgments

• Francesco Racciatti racciatti.francesco@gmail.com
• Marco Tiloca marco.tiloca84@gmail.com
• Alessandro Pischedda alessandro.pischedda@gmail.com