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Research Paper | Electronics & Communication Engineering | Sudan | Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015

The Impact of Firewall Security for Wireless Performance

Tagwa Ahmed Bakri Gali ^[2] | Amin Babiker A/Nabi Mustafa ^[32]

Abstract: This paper evaluates firewalls, their importance in protecting networks and their functions such as performance, efficiency and security. The intercourse between the security and performance efficiency is created through different scenarios and the relationship between security and performance in firewalls is evaluated. Several scenarios were evaluated through simulations using OPNET to show the effects of firewalls on network performance.

Keywords: Firewalls, network security, network Performance

Edition: Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015,

Pages: 20 - 22