Method and system for caching at secure gateways
US7418731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/168
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer gateway for an intranet of computers, including a scanner for scanning incoming files from the Internet and deriving security profiles therefor, the security profiles being lists of computer commands that the files are programmed to perform, a file cache for storing files, a security profile cache for storing security profiles for files, and a security policy cache for storing security policies for client computers within an intranet, the security policies including a list of restrictions for files that are transmitted to intranet computers. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
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