Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall

Web Services provide a means to communicate easily between applications to exchange information. However, the lack in security features provided by Web Services creates a window of opportunities for attackers. This paper presents the design of the architecture and filtering policies for an XML firew...

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Main Authors: Loh, Yin-soon, Yau, Wei-chuen, Wong, Chien-thang, Ho, Wai-chuen
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Published: 2006
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author Loh, Yin-soon
Yau, Wei-chuen
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description Web Services provide a means to communicate easily between applications to exchange information. However, the lack in security features provided by Web Services creates a window of opportunities for attackers. This paper presents the design of the architecture and filtering policies for an XML firewall. The firewall is implemented using Java language. We conduct a series of tests for verifying the functionality of the firewall. The results of the tests show that the firewall is capable of allowing valid SOAP messages while blocking malicious SOAP messages that contain attacks such as oversized payloads, recursive payloads, and SQL injections.
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spelling mmu-21432011-09-21T08:12:22Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2143/ Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall Loh, Yin-soon Yau, Wei-chuen Wong, Chien-thang Ho, Wai-chuen QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Web Services provide a means to communicate easily between applications to exchange information. However, the lack in security features provided by Web Services creates a window of opportunities for attackers. This paper presents the design of the architecture and filtering policies for an XML firewall. The firewall is implemented using Java language. We conduct a series of tests for verifying the functionality of the firewall. The results of the tests show that the firewall is capable of allowing valid SOAP messages while blocking malicious SOAP messages that contain attacks such as oversized payloads, recursive payloads, and SQL injections. 2006 Article NonPeerReviewed Loh, Yin-soon and Yau, Wei-chuen and Wong, Chien-thang and Ho, Wai-chuen (2006) Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall. 2006 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security, Pts 1 and 2. pp. 1147-1150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCIAS.2006.295443 doi:10.1109/ICCIAS.2006.295443 doi:10.1109/ICCIAS.2006.295443
spellingShingle QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
Loh, Yin-soon
Yau, Wei-chuen
Wong, Chien-thang
Ho, Wai-chuen
Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title_full Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title_fullStr Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title_full_unstemmed Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title_short Design and Implementation of an XML Firewall
title_sort design and implementation of an xml firewall
topic QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
url http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2143/
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