Patent · US Expired

Method, apparatus and computer program product for a network firewall

US6772347B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2000
Grant dateAug 3, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/22
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for network security including a firewall. One firewall includes a firewall engine. The firewall engine includes a first engine including a first set of rules for sorting incoming IP packets into initially allowed packets and initially denied packets. The firewall engine also includes a filter including a second set of rules for receiving and further sorting the initially denied packets into allowed packets and denied packets.

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