• A firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of predefined security rules.
• The primary goal of a firewall is to protect a network and its devices from unauthorized access, attacks, and data breaches.
• Firewalls can be implemented as hardware or software solutions, and they can be configured to filter traffic based on a variety of criteria, such as IP addresses, protocols, and ports.
• Firewalls can also be used to block specific types of traffic, such as peer-to-peer file sharing or instant messaging applications.
• There are several types of firewalls, including packet-filtering firewalls, stateful inspection firewalls, application-level gateways, and next-generation firewalls.

Experiment

To run the unit test,

python -m unittest firewall_test.py

To test the performance,

python create_data_and_test.py

Contributors

• Kartik Mehta
• Kartik Goel
• Vaibhav Chaudhary