Patent · US Expired

Detecting unauthorized network communication

US5798706A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateJun 18, 1996
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1408
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Back door packet communication between a workstation on a network and a device outside the network is identified by detecting packets that are associated with communication involving devices outside the network, and identifying packets, among those detected packets, that are being sent or received by a device that is not authorized for communication with devices outside the network.

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