>> again.  So the main nuisances on the wire keep changing, and any dataset
>> is necessarily going to get stale very quickly.
>
> Very true, and so if any dataset is needed this has to be kept in mind.

An anonymous reviewer on one of my papers made the following
observation, which I've taken to heart: The IDS community doesn't need
another static dataset, we need a way to periodically create good
datasets. Much in the way that the KDD community puts out a dataset
for their annual KDD Cup challenge, we should be able to generate a
dataset -- say every year -- representative of both the threats and
background traffic at that time. I rather fancy the idea of letting
all the NIDS researchers have at it and presenting an award for the
best performance at RAID.

Cheers,
Terry

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