Trusted network detection
US9680873B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/069
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Approaches for processing network requests based upon the perceived trustworthiness of the network. A software component renders a judgment, based on a policy that weighs one or more factors, about whether a network accessible to a device should be trusted. If the software component renders a judgment that the network should be trusted, then a network resource identified on a white list of trusted resources is allowed to be retrieved within a host operating system or in a first virtual machine. Conversely, if the software component renders a judgment that the network should not be trusted, then the network resource identified on the white list of trusted resources is prevented from be retrieved within the host operating system or the first virtual machine, and may instead be retrieved within a second virtual machine, which has a more restrictive set of access privileges than the first virtual machine.
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