METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING NETWORKS FROM UNAUTHORIZED APPLICATIONS

A traffic controller is provided which integrates black-box tests of unauthorized applications to extract application characteristics from associated Internet traffic, exploits the networking information learned by host clients, actively scans and controls hosts on the corporate network, and dynamic...

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Main Authors QUELLETTE MICHEL, FETSKE KENT, CHEN WENFENG, MONTUNO DELFIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.09.2007
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A traffic controller is provided which integrates black-box tests of unauthorized applications to extract application characteristics from associated Internet traffic, exploits the networking information learned by host clients, actively scans and controls hosts on the corporate network, and dynamically configures a corporate firewall to block traffic to and from critical application network elements. As a result, the traffic controller effectively manages unauthorized applications and their associated traffic in a corporate environment.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060277555