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The /unsw/projects/firewall directory contains the technical details of an implementation of a firewall processor in hardware.

The work was done by Chong Bing Herng as a thesis project in 2004.

Thesis Title

Thesis Abstract

This project concerns data network security and digital design. Currently, most firewall implementations are software-based. However, software-based firewalls have the disadvantage of suffering from increased look-up time as the sets of filter rules start to increase and hence it bottlenecks the data transfer rate of the network it protects. By employing high density Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), it is possible to develop firewall processors in hardware that are far more efficient than their software counter-parts. The aim of this project is to design an efficient firewall processor capable of capturing user definable firewall rules on hardware.

Directory Contents

CD-ROM Root Directory

unsw: Information specific to the Digital Systems Laboratory

project: Information on student projects implemented on Celoxica RC200 board

firewall: Implementation of a firewall processor in hardware  This is the current directory

source: Handel-C source code of the firewall implementation.

report: Thesis project report.

networkTools: Software tools used in the development of the firewall (packETH and Ethereal).

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