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Method and apparatus for supervising access and protecting against unauthorized access in a communication metwork

US5471459A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 1993
Grant dateNov 28, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 12, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

With this method protection against unauthorized access can be accomplished centrally so that less memory capacity and calculation time are needed for testing the right-of-access. By this the message traffic in the whole network is constantly intercepted by a central supervision device (SV). A table is stored in the central supervision device (SV) whereby upon entry of a message, the central supervision device tests the right-of-access of the message sender (SE,PC) to the message receiver (AK) with the aid of data in the table and a predetermined portion of the information contained in the message. In case of unauthorized access, the supervision device causes the message to be rendered ineffective.

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