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Methods for validating and testing firewalls and devices thereof

US9553845B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2014
Grant dateJan 24, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1433
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and traffic management computing device that obtains one or more parameters for a packet. Firewall policies each corresponding to a logical firewall are applied to the parameters for the packet. A policy log for each of at least a subset of the firewall policies or a hit count for one or more of rules in an access list of each of the subset of the firewall policies is generated. The policy log includes an indication of one or more actions corresponding to at least one rule in the access list of each of the subset of the firewall policies, wherein the at least one rule matches one or more of the parameters of the packet. At least one of the generated policy log or hit counts for one or more of the at least a subset of the firewall policies is output.

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