From fb4062a2929c660fe3c57436394590e9d5e86da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: meliurwen Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 11:59:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added a brief README --- README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ea77d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Services and Communication Systems + +Subject of the MSc in Computer Science course at the University of Milano-Bicocca. + +## Implementation of a firewall functionality using SDN with a OpenFlow architecture + +Written in Italian, in this essay are presented some firewall functions +implemented through a Software-defined Network architecture using an OpenFlow +protocol analyzing the possible advantages and implications that can derive in +both security and in network management. + +## Performances of firewalls built with dedicated appliances: dependency on the number of rules and possible optimizations + +Written in Italian, based on the prototype of an SDN-enabled (stateful) hardware +firewall that uses OpenFlow as a communication protocol. It focuses on the +impact that the number of rules applied on a firewall can have on performances +and discuss the possible practices to be adopted or avoided) to mitigate such +issues.