System and method for on-demand dynamic control of security policies/rules by a client computing device
US7475424B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/303
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for an end user to change the operation of a data flow filter mechanism, such as a firewall, that operates to control data flows between a plurality of protected computing devices and one or more non-protected computing devices. With the system and method, an administrator of a sub-network of computing devices may set a client computing device's scope of rules/policies that may be changed by a user of the client computing device, with regard to a data flow filter mechanism. The user of the client computing device, or the client computing device itself, may then log onto the data flow filter mechanism and modify the operation of the data flow filter mechanism within the limits established by the administrator.
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