The 2009 Personal Firewall Robustness Evaluation
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
SECAU - Security Research Centre, Edith Cowan University
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Computer and Security Science / Centre for Security Research
RAS ID
8383
Abstract
The evolution of the internet as a platform for commerce, banking, general information and personal communications has resulted in a situation where many individuals who may not have previously required internet access now require this connectivity as part of their everyday lives. In addition to this the widespread adoption of mobile broadband has lead to an increasing number of individuals having public facing IP addresses with no firewall appliances present. This situation has dramatically increased reliance on personal firewalls as the first and often last defence against intruders (human and malware alike). The evaluation performed demonstrates the capabilities of current personal firewall software to mitigate the threat posed by these intruders. The results show that the majority of personal firewall products evaluated are somewhat effective in reducing the risks remote exploitation but leave something to be desired in the area of information disclosure.
DOI
10.4225/75/57b4135b30df0
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Pydayya, K. , Hannay, P. , & Szewczyk, P. S. (2009). The 2009 Personal Firewall Robustness Evaluation. Proceedings of 7th Australian Information Security Management Conference. (pp. 98-102). Perth, Western Australia. SECAU - Security Research Centre. Available here