PBit : a pattern based testing framework for Linux iptables

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dc.contributor.authorDu, Yong.en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorHoffman, Daniel M.|Walsh, Peter Anthonyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-10T05:57:35Z
dc.date.available2008-04-10T05:57:35Z
dc.date.copyright2004en_US
dc.date.issued2008-04-10T05:57:35Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.description.abstractFirewall testing is important because fifewall faults can lead to security failures. Firewall testing is hard because firewall rules havdp&a+eters, producing a huge number of possible parameter combinations. This thesis presents a firewall testing methodology based on test templates, which are parameterized test cases. A firewall testing framework for iptables, the Linux firewall subsystem, has been implemented. Twelve test templates have been created for testing iptables parameters and extensions. A GUI tool is also provided to integrate these test templates with various test generation strategies. The most important of these strategies, painvise generation, has been investigated in detail. Based on the investigation, we developed an improved painvise generation algorithm.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/447
dc.subject.lcshLinuxen_US
dc.subject.lcshFirewalls (Computer security)en_US
dc.titlePBit : a pattern based testing framework for Linux iptablesen_US

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