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System and method for interlocking a host and a gateway

US8739272B1 · kind B1 · utility

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137References

23Claims

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Assignee

McAfee, LLC · US

Inventors

Geoffrey Cooper · Palo Alto, US
David F. Diehl · Akron, US
Robert Ma · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2012
Grant date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/029
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described in example embodiments below that include receiving a content tag associated with transferring a file over a network connection. A session descriptor may also be received. The session descriptor and the content tag may be correlated with a network policy, which may be applied to the network connection. In some embodiments, the content tag may be received with the session descriptor. The file may be tainted by another file in some embodiments, and the content tag may be associated with other file.

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