App Noc: App-Aware Firewall with AI Log Analytics

This paper presents AppNoc, an intelligent, application-aware firewall system integrated with an AI-driven log analytics engine for proactive network protection. Traditional firewalls primarily operate at the system or network level and lack visibility into application-level traffic behavior. AppNoc addresses this limitation by identifying which applications are generating network requests and applying customized firewall rules per application. In addition, it collects real-time network logs and uses machine learning algorithms to detect anomalous or suspicious patterns. The proposed system consists of a lightweight client-side agent that monitors and enforces application-specific policies and a centralized dashboard server that provides rule management, log visualization, and AI-based anomaly detection. AppNoc aims to simplify network security management, improve visibility into application traffic, and enable early detection of abnormal behaviors in enterprise and educational environments.