Easy-to-Use Firewall Management for Home Users

Overview

This paper identifies usability challenges presented by internetworking multiple homes, with a special focus on, home network firewall management. The homes nowadays have an internet connection and multiple computers more and more often. The security of the home network is key to safe and trusting usage of this network. Firewalls have a major role in providing this security, acting as safety guard against network attacks. However, in order to truly provide security for the home network, the management of the firewall needs to be easy to use and to understand. The work at hand presents a Graphical User Interface (GUI) aim aimed for home network users for enabling easy easy-to-use, understandable firewall management.