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Risk assessment of selected commercial firewall software
dc.creator | Cropper, Charles Austin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:58:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:58:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2000 | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-C754 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-69). | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Computer security is of significant current concern. This study investigates the efficacy of seceded commercially available firewall software packages including those software packages' inoculation from network-based slacks. The packages taxed were BlackICE Defender, ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security 2000, ConSeal Private Desktop, and Sybergen Secure Desktop. The testing routine involved a port scanner, Nmap, and two security scanners, Nessus and SAINT. An appraisal of the invasion deletion capabilities was procured in coordination with the testing scanners. Results from the testing routine revealed weakness in several packages. These weaknesses are discussed in tandem with their ramifications. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | computer science. | en |
dc.subject | Major computer science. | en |
dc.title | Risk assessment of selected commercial firewall software | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | computer science | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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