An Isolated Network for Research
Matt Bishop, L.T. Heberlein · 1996
. An isolated network is critical to the successful analysis of vulnerabilities and attack tools. Maintaining such a network introduces issues of policy and implementation which conflict with the need to transport data from the Internet to the network. This paper describes the goals of one isolated network, the policy and implementation that satisfies those goals, and other considerations to protect the confidentiality of data and programs on the isolated network. Keywords. Isolated network, vulnerability, attack tools, design, implementation 1. Introduction Vulnerabilities research requires the analysis of known security problems, and the development of techniques and technology to find previously unknown security problems. Exercising vulnerabilities helps researchers understand how and why those vulnerabilities occur, what interrelationships with system components exist, and the effect of proposed patches. Ideally, one could perform this analysis from a description of the vulnerabi...