Firewall system protecting a community of appliances, appliance participating in the system and method of updating the firewall rules within the system
US7676836B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/2803
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to the protection by firewall of a domestic community of interconnectable appliances.The invention allows distributed and totally decentralized management of the firewall policy, implemented at the level of each appliance, which is consistent and adapts dynamically to the changes occurring within the domestic network. We shall speak of ubiquitous firewalls.
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