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+# Cleaned CICIDS2017 Dataset
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+This dataset is a cleaned and preprocessed version of the [CICIDS2017 dataset](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html) created by the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, University of New Brunswick.
+
+## Modifications
+
+- Removed duplicate records
+- Normalized feature names
+- Filtered specific attack types
+- Piviot the different attack data into single dataset
+
+## Source
+
+Original dataset: [CICIDS2017](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html)
+
+## License & Citation
+
+This dataset is provided for research purposes. Please refer to the original dataset's license and terms of use as described by the [CICIDS2017 authors](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html).
+
+If you use this dataset, please cite the original authors:
+
+```
+@misc{sharafaldin2018toward,
+  title={Toward Generating a New Intrusion Detection Dataset and Intrusion Traffic Characterization},
+  author={Sharafaldin, Iman and Lashkari, Arash Habibi and Ghorbani, Ali A},
+  year={2018},
+  eprint={1804.03599},
+  archivePrefix={arXiv},
+  primaryClass={cs.CR}
+}
+```