Abstract
M.Comm.
Because of the increased number of businesses having access to and conducting business on the Internet, there is a need for security for those businesses conducting business in this way. A way widely accepted and used by organisations all over the world to achieve said security, is to make use of a firewall. In this short dissertation a specific
firewall, the GauntletTM Internet Firewall, is studied. A GauntletTM Internet Firewall is not secure by default. There is a need to configure and operate this firewall efficiently in order to utilise its security functions to the fullest. The objective of this short dissertation is to help the auditor in his assessment of the efficiency (from a security point of view) of a
GauntletTM Internet Firewall.