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Application firewall

US11258821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

23Claims

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Assignee

Sophos Limited · GB

Inventors

Andrew J. Thomas · Woodstock, GB
Karl Ackerman · Topsfield, US
James Douglas Bean · Beaverton, US
Kenneth D. Ray · Seattle, US
Daniel Stutz · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/104
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A firewall uses information about an application that originates a network request to determine whether and how to forward the request over a network. The firewall may more generally rely on the identity of the originating application, the security state of the originating application, the security state of the endpoint, and any other information that might provide an indication of malicious activity, to make routing and forwarding decisions for endpoint-originated network traffic.

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