Method and apparatus for determining enforcement security devices in a network topology
US7082531B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Enforcement firewalls and other security devices are located on a network for a given source node and destination node. Nodes in the network topology are programmatically identified as being part of a non-looping communication path between the source node and the destination node. These nodes may be part of a path closure set. Security devices that are part of the path closure set are identified as the enforcement security devices for the given source and destination node.
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