This is the Attack Simulation Framework ++ (aka ASF++ or asfpp). It is composed by three elments:

• an Attack Description Language (ADL);
• an Attack Description Interpreter (ADI);
• an Attack Simulator.

ASF++ allows the user to simulate the effects of cyber-physical attacks against WSNs, collect data and, at the end, rank attacks.

The ADL is a real high-level description language that is independent from the underlying simulator. By using the ADL, the user can describe cyber-physical attacks against WSNs.

The ADL allows the user to describe cyber-physical attacks in a very rapid and simple manner, avoiding him to actually implement the attacks.

In other words, the user must only describe attacks by editing a simple text file, he does not need neither to know how attacks are actually performed nor to implement them (by writing a lot of code).

The text file contains the description of the attacks, according to the ADL. Its format is '.adl'.

The ADI is the 'glue' between the ADL (the high-level Attack Description Language) and the underlying simulator (ASF++).

The ADI interprets the '.adl' file (which contains the description of the attacks) and produces as output a well-structured '.xml' file.

The attack simulator is the core of the ASF++. It parses the '.xml' file produced by the interpreter and simulates the effects of the attacks.

Note: the simulator does not performs attacks, it only simulates the final effects of them.

Step 0 Build the simulator.

Step 1 Build a simulation scenario (based on Castalia) by using the NED language.

Step 2 Produce an ADL file by using a simple text editor (and the ADL, of course). The ADL file, e.g. 'attacks.adl', contains the description of the attacks.

Step 3 Invoke the ADI. The interpreter take the ADL file 'attacks.adl' as input and produces the xml file 'attacks.xml'.

Step 4 Launch the simulation.

After building OMNeT++ 4.6 type:

$ ./makemake
$ make

ASF++ is based on Castalia 3.2. It was succesfully tested with:

• Ubuntu 14.04
• OMNeT++ 4.5, OMNeT++ 4.6

The user manual contains a lot of details about the installation process and the use of the simulator.

• Francesco Racciatti [email protected]
• Alessandro Pischedda [email protected]
• Marco Tiloca [email protected]