{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-001", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Module 6 — Lab 2: Flow Features and Leakage-Safe Preprocessing\n", "\n", "\n", "**Topics:** feature families, log transform, encoding, scaling, train-only fitting\n", "\n", "> **Lab version:** Complete every `TODO`, run the cells in order, and use the self-check before opening the Solution." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-002", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Learning objectives\n", "\n", "After completing this lab, you will be able to:\n", "\n", "- interpret basic, content, traffic, and host-based flow features;\n", "- apply `log1p` to skewed byte counts without deleting zero-byte flows;\n", "- compare normal and attack distributions;\n", "- build separate preprocessing plans for distance models and tree models;\n", "- fit encoders and scalers using training data only." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cell-003", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pathlib import Path\n", "import numpy as np\n", "import pandas as pd\n", "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n", "\n", "TRAIN_PATH = Path(\"data/nsl_kdd_train.csv\")\n", "TEST_PATH = Path(\"data/nsl_kdd_test.csv\")\n", "\n", "missing_files = [str(path) for path in (TRAIN_PATH, TEST_PATH) if not path.exists()]\n", "if missing_files:\n", " raise FileNotFoundError(\n", " \"Missing prepared NSL-KDD files: \" + \", \".join(missing_files) +\n", " \". Follow data/README.md and run: python data/prepare_dataset.py\"\n", " )\n", "\n", "TARGET_COLUMNS = [\"attack_label\", \"attack_group\", \"binary_label\", \"difficulty\"]\n", "CATEGORICAL_FEATURES = [\"protocol_type\", \"service\", \"flag\"]\n", "\n", "\n", "from sklearn.compose import ColumnTransformer\n", "from sklearn.impute import SimpleImputer\n", "from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline\n", "from sklearn.preprocessing import OneHotEncoder, StandardScaler" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cell-004", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO 1: load both splits and define feature_cols/numeric_features.\n", "train_df = None\n", "test_df = None\n", "feature_cols = None\n", "numeric_features = None\n", "\n", "# TODO 2: create feature_families for basic, content, traffic, and host-based features.\n", "feature_families = None" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-005", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 1. Inspect byte-count skew and apply `log1p`" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cell-006", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO 3: create log_src_bytes and log_dst_bytes using np.log1p.\n", "exploratory = None\n", "\n", "# TODO 4: calculate class medians and plot a sampled log-byte scatter chart.\n", "byte_summary = None\n", "sample = None\n", "display(byte_summary)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-007", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 2. Build preprocessing plans for two model families" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cell-008", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO 5: build supervised_preprocessor with OneHotEncoder for the three\n", "# categorical features and median imputation for numeric features.\n", "supervised_preprocessor = None\n", "\n", "distance_features = [\n", " \"duration\", \"src_bytes\", \"dst_bytes\", \"count\", \"srv_count\",\n", " \"serror_rate\", \"rerror_rate\", \"dst_host_count\", \"dst_host_srv_count\",\n", "]\n", "# TODO 6: build distance_preprocessor with median imputation and StandardScaler.\n", "distance_preprocessor = None\n", "\n", "# TODO 7: fit both preprocessors on training data only and record output shapes.\n", "supervised_shape = None\n", "distance_shape = None\n", "print(supervised_shape, distance_shape)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-009", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Why two plans?\n", "\n", "Distance and boundary methods are sensitive to feature scale, so standardization is required. A Decision Tree does not need scaling, but it does need categorical encoding and a consistent missing-value policy." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-010", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Self-check" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cell-011", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "assert len(feature_cols) == 41\n", "assert exploratory[[\"log_src_bytes\", \"log_dst_bytes\"]].ge(0).all().all()\n", "assert supervised_shape[0] == 100\n", "assert supervised_shape[1] > len(feature_cols)\n", "assert distance_shape == (100, len(distance_features))\n", "assert all(feature in numeric_features for feature in distance_features)\n", "print(\"✓ Lab 2 completed\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cell-012", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Reflection questions\n", "\n", "1. Why is `log1p` preferable to dropping zero-byte flows?\n", "2. Why do distance methods need scaling while Decision Trees usually do not?\n", "3. What information leaks when a scaler or encoder is fitted on test data?" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.11.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }