Model-driven extraction and analysis of network security policies

S Martínez, J Garcia-Alfaro, F Cuppens… - … Languages and Systems …, 2013 - Springer
Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: 16th International Conference …, 2013Springer
Firewalls are a key element in network security. They are in charge of filtering the traffic of
the network in compliance with a number of access-control rules that enforce a given
security policy. In an always-evolving context, where security policies must often be updated
to respond to new security requirements, knowing with precision the policy being enforced
by a network system is a critical information. Otherwise, we risk to hamper the proper
evolution of the system and compromise its security. Unfortunately, discovering such …
Abstract
Firewalls are a key element in network security. They are in charge of filtering the traffic of the network in compliance with a number of access-control rules that enforce a given security policy. In an always-evolving context, where security policies must often be updated to respond to new security requirements, knowing with precision the policy being enforced by a network system is a critical information. Otherwise, we risk to hamper the proper evolution of the system and compromise its security. Unfortunately, discovering such enforced policy is an error-prone and time consuming task that requires low-level and, often, vendor-specific expertise since firewalls may be configured using different languages and conform to a complex network topology. To tackle this problem, we propose a model-driven reverse engineering approach able to extract the security policy implemented by a set of firewalls in a working network, easing the understanding, analysis and evolution of network security policies.
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