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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 dateJul 5, 2005
Grant dateMar 9, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 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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