A STUDY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION LEVEL GATEWAY BASED FIREWALL SYSTEM
BY
The main objective of this project is to
develop a system that will function as a firewall which protect
an entire network through application level. The firewall must be located at a
gateway or proxy server of the network which connects them to the internet. This type of server usually using Linux as their operating system.
This is because Linux provide rich networking and security features. In the
first phase of the project, a literature review will be done on the concept of
firewall, network security and aslo application level
firewall. The purpose of doing this research is to have a clear concept on how
the packets trasnfer between terminals of different
location and what measurement must be taken for fast and secure packet
transfer. The second phase is mainly on the final touches of the first phase
which is primarily on the preliminary investigations. There are, nevertheless
some findings on the anal;ysis
phase as well. The author studies the available tehcniques
in developing the system. For the third phase, the author had enter the design
stage and come out with a system structure design diagram. This includes the study
and identifies the input and output of data and control betweeen
the system and user. Each of the processes in the system is identified and what
type of data flowing between processes in sequence order. For the final phase,
the author has to ensure all the function included in the design phase fit in
the project. The author has to decide the suitable programming language to
develop the system. This phase is the hardest phase because the author needs to
use th eprogramming
language that she doesn’t really familiar with to complete the project. This
phase also include system testing after the completion of coding
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B. Sc. (Hons) In Computer
Systems & Networks
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