The typical home Internet user is blissfully unaware of any malicious network traffic coming into or leaving their local network. The purpose of this project was to build and install an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) in a consumer network environment to monitor and analyze network traffic patterns over a defined period of time. The results of the project show that the odds of someone randomly infiltrating a home network randomly from the outside are remote. One can conclude that if basic network security measures are available and enabled, the average consumer has little to fear regarding home network intrusion.

Committee
Dr. Yingshu Li (chair)
Dr. Raheem Beyah (co-chair)