Physical Network Function Load Balancer Traffic Captures

A dataset containing network traffic captures from a physical network function (PNF) load balancer. The data, created by BELIEVE SEGUN AYODELE, was published in April 2026 as a continuation of related work on virtual network function cybersecurity. It comprises 259.3 MB of PCAP and PCAPNG packet capture files.

Use Cases

• Analyzing load balancer packet flow patterns and protocol distributions from captured network traffic.
• Detecting anomalies or DDoS attacks by modeling baseline traffic behavior from the PNF load balancer data.
• Benchmarking network security tools using real-world physical load balancer traffic captures.
• Researching the differences in attack surfaces between physical (PNF) and virtual (VNF) network function implementations.

Strengths

• Dataset size of 259.3 MB provides substantial raw network traffic for analysis.
• Continuation of a published cybersecurity dataset series, suggesting methodological consistency.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and internal data structure are unknown.
• Lack of documented sample data or column schema limits immediate usability.
• Temporal coverage and geographic origin of the network captures are not specified.

Provenance

Source

BELIEVE SEGUN AYODELE, associated with the University of Malta.

Collection Method

Network traffic captured in PCAP/PCAPNG formats from a physical network function load balancer.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026, indicating recent publication.