Network security system integration

US7359962B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3Com Corporation · US

Inventors

• Marc Willebeek-LeMair · Austin, US
• Craig Cantrell · Austin, US
• Dennis Cox · Round Rock, US
• John Francis McHale · Austin, US
• Brian Smith · Fort Worth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/329
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A network discovery functionality, intrusion detector functionality and firewalling functionality are integrated together to form a network security system presenting a self-deploying and self-hardening security defense for a network.