Firewall configured with dynamic membership sets representing machine attributes
US9621516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided to control the flow of packets within a system that includes one or more computer networks comprising: policy rules are provided that set forth attribute dependent conditions for communications among machines on the one or more networks; machine attributes and corresponding machine identifiers are obtained for respective machines on the networks; and policy rules are transformed to firewall rules that include machine identifiers of machines having attributes from among the obtained machine attributes that satisfy the attribute dependent policy rules.
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