Patent · US Expired

Propagation of viruses through an information technology network

US7373665B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 2003
Grant dateMay 13, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/145
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Requests to send data from a first host within a network of hosts are monitored against a record of destination hosts who have been sent data in accordance with a predetermined policy. Destination host identities not the record are stored in a buffer. The buffer size is monitored to establish whether requests from the first host are pursuant to viral activity therein.

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