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System and method for redirected firewall discovery in a network environment

US8713668B2 · kind B2 · utility

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137References

21Claims

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Assignee

McAfee, LLC · US

Inventors

Geoffrey Cooper · Palo Alto, US
Michael W. Green · Shoreview, US
John Richard Guzik · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2011
Grant date	Apr 29, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving metadata from a host over a metadata channel. The metadata may be correlated with a network flow and a network policy may be applied to the connection. In other embodiments, a network flow may be received from a host without metadata associated with the flow, and a discovery redirect may be sent to the host. Metadata may then be received and correlated with the flow to identify a network policy action to apply to the flow.

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