We need a catchy introduction here. This might be another dry thesis, but at least this first chapter, which will eventually give an overview of the work, should be interesting. There are currently no good network traces for testing network intrusion

Current metrics to quantitatively compare two computer networks are focused on performance aspects (latency and throughput), as these are of vital importance to the network engineering community. Other groups need a more holistic comparison, ideally one that can be quantitatively defined. This paper will examine prior work in the area of network comparison, present applications that require a more holistic comparison than what current techniques provide, and propose an approach for performing such a comparison. 1

Current metrics to quantitatively compare two computer networks are focused on performance aspects (latency and throughput), as these are of vital importance to the network engineering community. Other groups need a more holistic comparison, ideally one that can be quantitatively defined. This paper will examine prior work in the area of network com-parison and present applications that require a more holistic comparison than what current techniques provide. 1