Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
5-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
Second Advisor
Dr. Jun Peng
Third Advisor
Dr. Xiang Lian
Abstract
Nowadays many operating systems are including security features in order to prevent network attacks, and since one of the roles of the OS is to manage the resources as efficient as possible. It is imperative to investigate the protection that is provided. Therefore, the scientific significance of this thesis was to evaluate, what type of built-in defense mechanisms that different OS’s had in place in order to mitigate these network attacks. In this thesis, we considered the security of the following globally deployed computer OS’s: Microsoft’s Windows 7, Apple’s OS X Lion, and Ubuntu 13.10. Furthermore, we also tested four server OS’s: Microsoft’s Server 2008 and 2012, Apple’s OS X Lion Server, and Ubuntu Server 12.04, and their performance under DoS attacks. Our experimental results show that the OS’s that were evaluated were found to have inadequate security protection and showed different degree of effectiveness in handling different DDoS attacks.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
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