Declarative language for specifying a security policy
US6779120B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is a declarative language system and comprises a language as a tool for expressing network security policy in a formalized way. It allows the specification of security policy across a wide variety of networking layers and protocols. Using the language, a security administrator assigns a disposition to each and every network event that can occur in a data communications network. The event's disposition determines whether the event is allowed (i.e. conforms to the specified policy) or disallowed and what action, if any, should be taken by a system monitor in response to that event. Possible actions include, for example, logging the information into a database, notifying a human operator, and disrupting the offending network traffic.
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