EZSetup: A Novel Tool for Cybersecurity Practices Utilizing Cloud Resources
EZSetup: A Novel Tool for Cybersecurity Practices Utilizing Cloud Resources
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EZSetup：利用云资源进行网络安全实践的新型工具
DOI：
10.1145/3125659.3125699
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发表时间：
2017
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通讯作者：
Mengjun Xie
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作者：
Yanyan Li;Dung Nguyen;Mengjun Xie
近年来，人们对开发用于网络安全实践的系统和工具的兴趣和努力迅速增长，特别是随着云计算的快速发展。然而，这些系统要么在可扩展性、定制和设置复杂性方面存在问题，要么受到特定云技术和有限定制支持的限制。在本文中，我们提出了一种新的基于Web的工具，称为EZSetup，可以创建和管理用户定义的虚拟环境的各种类型的网络安全实践的需求和规模。与以前的基于云的系统不同，EZSetup不依赖于特定类型的云平台或技术。它能够与多个云进行交互，并同时在多个云中实例化虚拟环境。EZSetup允许轻松定制，并通过精心设计的Web界面显着降低了创建和使用实践环境的开销。实验结果表明，EZSetup也可应用于其他计算机科学与工程学科。
Recent years have witnessed fast growth of interests and efforts in developing systems and tools for cybersecurity practices, especially with the rapid advancement of cloud computing. However, those systems either suffer from issues in scalability, customization and setup complexity or are constrained by a specific cloud technology and limited customization support. In this paper, we present a novel Web based tool called EZSetup that can create and manage user-defined virtual environments for various types of cybersecurity practices on demand and at scale. Distinct from previous cloud-based systems, EZSetup does not rely on a particular type of cloud platform or technology. It is able to interact with multiple clouds and instantiate virtual environments in multiple clouds simultaneously. EZSetup allows for easy customization and significantly reduces the overhead in creating and using practice environments through carefully designed Web interfaces. The experimental results are quite positive in general and indicate that EZSetup can also be applicable to other computer science and engineering subjects.