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Host trust report based filtering mechanism in a reverse firewall

US8819808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Eric P. Fried · Austin, US
Anand Goyal · Narayanpur, IN
Sipla Kosanam · Nagavara, IN
Suresh Sabarathinam · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Grant date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0227
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer implemented method to report a bad host. A receiver host receives a packet from a sender host. The receiver host detects that the packet contains suspect hostile content. The receiver host transmits a negative trust report.

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