Patent · US Expired

Managing policy rules in a network

US6880005B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateApr 12, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Policy rules are disseminated on a network and are received by one or more devices on the network. Each device is configured with a proxy agent that translates the policy data into a format that is meaningful to the device. The agent translates the policy rules into an access list that generates permit and deny filters that determine the access that the device is allowed on the network.

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