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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108924 | Providing a firewall's connection data in a comprehendible format Techniques are disclosed for providing connection data related to a firewall. In one aspect, computer-readable media provide a method that includes receiving a request for a set of connection parameters of a firewall related to data packets processed by at least one... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108923 | Assessing risk based on offline activity history Controlling access to a protected network is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more events that occur will a host is disconnected from the protected network are logged. The log is provided to one or more devices associated with the protected network when the ho... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099774 | Dynamic updating of firewall parameters The dynamic updating of firewall parameters is described. One exemplary embodiment includes receiving a policy rule that includes a reference to a predefined container that specifies a permissible value range of at least one firewall parameter allowable under the po... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099775 | Virtual firewall system based on commons security policy and method of controlling the same A virtual firewall system based on a common security policy and a method of controlling the same. The virtual firewall system includes one or more virtual security policy modules, each of which includes a local security policy database; a security policy determiner,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099773 | Network scan system passing through firewall and method of organizing the same A network scan system includes a network scanner accessible by a computer and capable of communicating with the computer through a firewall. A method of operating the network scan system includes installing a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server module into the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8082578 | Intelligent firewall An intelligent firewall that prevents unauthorized access to a system has been developed. The fire wall does not use a communication address. It receives a data packet and analyzes it to determine its final disposition. Finally, the firewall handles the data packet ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079074 | Dynamic security shielding through a network resource Architecture for facilitating access of remote system software functionality by a host machine for the redirection of incoming and/or outgoing host traffic through the remote system for protection services to the host machine. The host machine can gain the benefits ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8079072 | Null-packet transmission from inside a firewall to open a communication window for an outside transmitter A high-bandwidth direct communication path between two clients is used for voice or video calls over the Internet. An opening or a window in a firewall is made for the direct path by sending a null packet out from inside the firewall. The null packet can be a UDP pa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8079073 | Distributed firewall implementation and control One or more devices on a network may be configured to provide firewall services for other devices on the network. Each of the firewall service suppliers may publish its capability with respect to firewall services and the service receivers may publish their requirem... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065719 | Method and apparatus for reducing firewall rules A method and apparatus for reducing obsolete firewall rules are disclosed. The present invention addresses the issue by using existing network routing information as well as firewall rule configuration information to help analyze firewall access logs to identify obs... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060925 | Processor, memory, computer system, and method of authentication A processor communicating with a first memory configured to store first information and first data, and communicating with a second memory configured to store second information and second data, includes a computing unit configured to perform computation using the f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056124 | Automatically generating rules for connection security A method and system for creating security policies for firewall and connection policies in an integrated manner is provided. The security system provides a user interface through which a user can define a security rule that specifies both a firewall policy and a con... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046828 | Security management system for monitoring firewall operation A test method for Internet-Protocol packet networks that verifies the proper functioning of a dynamic pinhole filtering implementation as well as quantifying network vulnerability statistically, as pinholes are opened and closed is described. Specific potential secu... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042166 | Printing via user equipment In one embodiment of a method of printing in a network, a connection is established from a user equipment to a printing system. A secure connection is established between the user equipment and a server. From the user equipment, a file on the server is selected. Fro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042167 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for network firewall policy optimization Methods, systems, and computer program products for firewall policy optimization are disclosed. According to one method, a firewall policy including an ordered list of firewall rules is defined. For each rule, a probability indicating a likelihood of receiving a pac... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042168 | Computer maintenance method and system Provided is a method of remotely maintaining a computer system connected to a first private network of a first organization from a maintenance computer connected to a second private network of a second organization. The first and second private networks are connecte... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037518 | Data processing hash algorithm and policy management Methods and associated systems for processing data are disclosed. A hashing function sequentially processes a hash key to generate a hash value. A policy management system processes packets according to defined policies. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037517 | Method, systems, and computer program products for implementing function-parallel network firewall Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing function-parallel firewalls are disclosed. According to one aspect, a function-parallel firewall includes a first firewall node for filtering received packets using a first portion of a rule set including... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032933 | Dynamically adaptive network firewalls and method, system and computer program product implementing same One embodiment creates a model of the traffic through a network firewall and uses that model to dynamically manipulate the network firewall. The firewall model defines nodes, connections between the nodes, and firewall rules applicable to the nodes, the connections ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020200 | Stateful firewall protection for control plane traffic within a network device A network device receives control plane packets and data plane packets from a network. The network device includes a forwarding component that forwards the data plane packets in accordance with routing information maintained by a routing component. The forwarding co... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015602 | Methodology, measurements and analysis of performance and scalability of stateful border gateways Methods and apparatus for testing of Internet-Protocol packet network perimeter protection devices, e.g., Border Gateways such as Session Border Controllers, including 5 dynamic pinhole capable firewalls are discussed. Analysis and testing of these network perimeter... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015601 | Controller for event-based statistical covert channels A controller for an event-based statistical covert channel includes a data receiver; a data transmitter; and a channel controller that includes a fixed distribution randomized event buffer construction processor (FDREBCP) and a fixed distribution randomized event bu... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011000 | Public network access server having a user-configurable firewall A user-configurable firewall and method in which a user-changeable security setting for a client computer is maintained by an access server through which a user accesses the public network. The user-changeable security setting can be used to specify which outside co... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006296 | Method and system for transmitting information across a firewall A method (300;400) and system (100) for transmitting information across a firewall (130b) between multiple endpoints (120) and gateways (135), in a resource management environment (such as the TME) having characteristics tha... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001589 | Network firewall test methods and apparatus A test method for Internet-Protocol packet networks that verifies the proper functioning of a dynamic pinhole filtering implementation as well as quantifying network vulnerability statistically, as pinholes are opened and closed is described. Specific potential secu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001590 | System and method for connectionless client-server communications A system and method are provided for conducting a client-server application (e.g., instant messaging, VoIP telephony) using non-persistent communications. Clients issue periodic heartbeat messages to a connectionless server using a non-persistent (e.g., UDP) communi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992199 | Method for permitting two parties to establish connectivity with both parties behind firewalls A communications scheme enables a central communications station to assist two communications systems located behind firewalls that prevent communication initiated from an external data network to establish direct communication with each other. In one embodiment, th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987503 | Firewall control system based on a next generation network service and method thereof The invention provides a firewall control system based on a Next Generation Network (NGN) service and a method thereof. The method includes: resolving an application layer signaling, performing a security inspection of a signaling flow and determining requirements o... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984492 | Methods and apparatus for policy enforcement in a wireless communication system An apparatus and associated method is provided for facilitating policy decision in a communication system, wherein the apparatus receiving a message, the message comprising a first destination device identification of a first destination device, determining a second... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966655 | Method and apparatus for optimizing a firewall Disclosed is a method and system for optimizing a first set of rules enforced by a firewall on network traffic. Characteristics of the network traffic are examined and these characteristics are used to generate a second set of rules. The first set of rules may have ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966654 | Computerized system and method for policy-based content filtering Firewalls and other filtering gateways have become common security devices for improving computer network security. As more features and functionality are added to these devices they become quite complex to configure. By associating configuration schemes with firewa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958549 | Attack defending system and attack defending method An attack defending system allows effective defense against attacks from external networks even when a communication system uses a communication path encryption technique such as SSL. A firewall device and a decoy device are provided. The firewall device refers to t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954143 | Methods, network services, and computer program products for dynamically assigning users to firewall policy groups Methods, network services, and computer program products that dynamically assign computer network users to firewall policy groups are provided. A user is assigned to a first firewall policy group, and user activity on the computer network is monitored. The user is a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7954142 | System and method of resolving discrepancies between diverse firewall designs A system, computer-implementable method, and computer-usable medium for resolving discrepancies between diverse firewall designs. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a firewall design manager receives at least two designs for a rule-based system and ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941839 | Countermeasures to automated methods and processes for establishing media streaming connections through firewalls and proxy servers A streaming media application attempting to establish a streaming media connection first attempts to establish the connection directly using a format such as UDP. If no direct connection can be established, the media application attempts to establish a connection th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941837 | Layer two firewall with active-active high availability support Techniques are described to enable two or more layer two (L2) firewall devices to be configured as a high availability (HA) cluster in an active-active configuration. A first layer two (L2) firewall and a second L2 firewall are positioned within the same L2 network.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941838 | Firewall control with multiple profiles A networked computer with a software firewall that may be configured for any of a number of network contexts may be quickly configured with an appropriate set of rules for a current network context. The computer has multiple profiles, each containing rules applicabl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934251 | Managed peer-to-peer applications, systems and methods for distributed data access and storage Applications, systems and methods for securely and remotely operating a remote computer from a local computer over a network while providing seamless, firewall-compliant connectivity. Secure and remote operation includes authenticating at least one remote computer f... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930737 | Method and system for improved communication network setup utilizing extended terminals Aspects of a method and system for improved communication network setup utilizing extended terminals are presented. Aspects of the method may comprise configuring a wireless Ethernet terminal functioning as a client station by a configurator via a network. The confi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926097 | Computer or microchip protected from the internet by internal hardware This invention generally relates to one or more computer networks having computers like personal computers or network servers with microprocessors linked by broadband transmission means and having hardware, software, firmware, and other means such that at least one ... | 04/12/2011 |
