Bd_116.zip (2026)

It typically contains a subset of "Benign" (normal) network traffic data, which serves as the baseline for identifying anomalies.

Once extracted, the .pcap files can be analyzed using tools like Wireshark, Zeek, or CICFlowMeter. Technical Breakdown

Unzip the file to access the raw .pcap files. Note that these files can be several gigabytes in size. bd_116.zip

Use the CICFlowMeter tool to convert the raw packets into a CSV format containing 80+ network traffic features.

Developed by the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC) at the University of New Brunswick. It typically contains a subset of "Benign" (normal)

The file is part of a large-scale collection of network traffic captures designed to help researchers train machine learning models to distinguish between benign activity and cyber-attacks.

In the context of the CIC-IDS2017 dataset, bd_116.zip usually refers to one of the raw data segments captured during the 5-day monitoring period. Note that these files can be several gigabytes in size

Primarily HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, and standard TCP/UDP background noise.