Computer networks -- 2007-2008 -- info.uvt.ro/Course 12

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Contents 1 Security software / devices 2 Firewalls 3 Tunneling 4 VPN 5 IPS, IDS 6 Miscellaneous

[edit] Security software / devices

• wikipedia:Firewall;
• wikipedia:Tunneling protocol;
• wikipedia:Virtual private network;
• wikipedia:Intrusion-prevention system;
• wikipedia:Intrusion detection system;
• wikipedia:Onion routing;

[edit] Firewalls

• wikipedia:Firewall;
• functions:
  • inspecting passing traffic;
  • allowing or denying traffic based on a set of rules;
  • flow control (a very simple and suboptimal aproach);
• categories:
  • state-less -- packet filters;
  • state-full:
    • wikipedia:Stateful firewall;
  • application layer:
    • wikipedia:Application layer firewall;
• DMS -- Demilitarized Zone:
  • wikipedia:Demilitarized zone (computing);

[edit] Tunneling

• wikipedia:Tunneling protocol;
• wikipedia:SOCKS;
• functions:
  • transport;
  • authentication (optional);
  • encryption (optional);
  • anonymization (optional);

[edit] VPN

• wikipedia:Virtual private network;
• functions:
  • authentication;
  • security;
  • transport;

[edit] IPS, IDS

• wikipedia:Intrusion-prevention system;
• wikipedia:Intrusion detection system;

[edit] Miscellaneous

• wikipedia:Onion routing;
• wikipedia:Peer-to-peer;
• wikipedia:Anonymous P2P;

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• conf. dr. Victoria Iordan, iordan@info.uvt.ro
• lect. drd. Horia Popa, hpopa@info.uvt.ro
• Marian Neagul, marian@info.uvt.ro
• Ciprian Dorin Crăciun, ccraciun@info.uvt.ro
• Mihail Găianu, mgaianu@info.uvt.ro