Firewall configuration: An application of multiagent metalevel argumentation

Firewalls are an important tool in the assurance of network security. Packet filtering firewalls are configured by providing a set of rules that identify how to handle individual data packets that arrive at the firewall. In large firewall configurations, conflicts may arise between these rules. Argu...

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Published in:Argument & computation 2016-11, Vol.7 (2-3), p.201-221
Main Authors: Applebaum, Andy, Li, Zimi, Levitt, Karl, Parsons, Simon, Rowe, Jeff, Sklar, Elizabeth I.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Firewalls are an important tool in the assurance of network security. Packet filtering firewalls are configured by providing a set of rules that identify how to handle individual data packets that arrive at the firewall. In large firewall configurations, conflicts may arise between these rules. Argumentation provides a way of handling conflicts such that their origin is illuminated, and hence can help a system administrator understand the effects of a given configuration. To show how argumentation might help in this domain we examine the use of a system of metalevel argumentation for firewall configuration, showing how it makes conflicts and their origins clear, and showing how different instantiations of a metalevel argumentation system provide alternative ways to resolve conflicts.
ISSN:1946-2166
1946-2174
DOI:10.3233/AAC-160008