Security Analysis of the Basic Internet

The starting point of the thesis is a security analysis of the Basic Internet concept. Based on the outcome of this initial phase, a further focus may address

• Spam and virus blocking, evt. at the Router Board
• Network management analysis of voucher sales, and the impact of free access
• Authentication and lease time (saturation point, congestion point,..)
• Distributed network security

Main focus of the work will be on one or more of the identified topics, and/or implementation of the security analyis by the EU SHIELD methodology

The tools and methods in this thesis are based on

• A set of scenario, describing the challenges
• A list of requirements being extracted from the scenarios
• A description and evaluation of technologies and tools being candidates for solutions
• A functional architecture/description of the envisaged system
• An implementation of the core concepts
• A demonstration of the solution
• An evaluation of the solution, including a critical review of the descisions taken earlier
• ConclusionsReferences

The envisaged time schedule (for a long thesis/60 ECTS) is:

• T0 0 starting month, T0+m denotes the month where the contribution to a certain chapter shalle be finalized
• T0+2 months: create an initial page describing the scenario
• T0+3: Provide a list of technologies which you think are necessary for the thesis
• T0+4: Establish the table of content (TOC) of the envisaged thesis. Each section shall contain 3-10 keywords describing the content of that section
• T0+7: Provide a draft of section 2 (scenario) and 3 (technologies)
• T0+10: Establish a draft on what to implement/architecture
• T0+11: Set-up an implementation, testing and evaluation plan
• T0+15: Evaluate your solution based on a set of parameters, keep in mind there is no such thing as a free lunch
• T0+17: Deliver the thesis