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Distributed traffic scanning through data stream security tagging

US7620974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

73Claims

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Assignee

Symantec Corporation · US

Inventors

Keith Newstadt · Newton, US
David Ta-hsiang LIN · San Diego, US
William J. Guavin · Waltham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2005
Grant date	Nov 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/126
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for providing data security scanning in a network. A network device ascertains, based on a network's security policy, security technologies that are should or must be applied to the network traffic. The network device applies the not yet applied security technologies, based on a determination that the not yet applied security technologies are available to the network device. Next, the network device tags the network traffic with a security marker indicating the not yet applied security technologies as applied to reflect the security technologies applied to the network traffic.

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