Method for configuring a firewall equipment in a communication network, method for updating a configuration of a firewall equipment, and corresponding device, access equipment, firewall equipment and computer programs

A method for updating a configuration of a firewall equipment in a first communication network managed by an access equipment for accessing a second communication network, wherein the method comprises the following, implemented by the firewall equipment:

• receiving an update command message to update a configuration of the firewall equipment, comprising at least one configuration rule associated with a user equipment present in the first communication network;
• and
• updating the configuration of the firewall equipment in accordance with the received command;
• wherein said at least one configuration rule of said user equipment is based on characteristic information of said user equipment and on a predetermined configuration model, said characteristic information of said user equipment having been obtained by the access equipment by analyzing active interfaces of said user equipment.

A configuration device for configuring a firewall equipment in a first communication network managed by an access equipment for accessing a second communication network, wherein the configuration device comprises at least one processor configured so as to:

• obtain characteristic information of a user equipment connected to the first communication network by analyzing active interfaces of the user equipment in the first communication network;
• and
• generate at least one configuration rule for configuring the firewall equipment on the basis of the obtained characteristic information and of a predetermined configuration model;
• and
• transmit, to the firewall equipment, an update command message to update a configuration of the firewall equipment, comprising said at least one generated configuration rule.

A firewall equipment in a first communication network managed by an access equipment for accessing a second communication network, wherein the firewall equipment comprises at least one processor configured so as to:

• receive an update command message to update a configuration, comprising at least one configuration rule associated with a user equipment present in the first communication network;
• and
• update the configuration of the firewall equipment in accordance with the received configuration rules;
• wherein said at least one configuration rule of said user equipment is based on characteristic information of said user equipment and on a predetermined configuration model, said characteristic information of said user equipment having been obtained by the access equipment by analyzing active interfaces of said user equipment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code instructions stored thereon for implementing a method for configuring a firewall equipment in a first communication network when the instructions are executed by a processor of a configuration device, wherein the first communication network is managed by an access equipment for accessing a second communication network, and wherein the instructions configure the configuration device to:

• obtain characteristic information of a user equipment in said first communication network by analyzing active interfaces of the user equipment in said first communication network;
• generate at least one configuration rule for configuring the firewall equipment on the basis of the obtained characteristic information and of a predetermined configuration model;
• and
• transmit, to the firewall equipment, an update command message to update a configuration of the firewall equipment, comprising said at least one generated configuration rule.