Communication apparatus

Abstract

In a communication apparatus processing a packet transmitted/received by a device connected to a network, an identifying/processing policy storing portion stores a basic identifying policy and processing policy for determining an identification and processing of a packet corresponding to transmitted information from a device, a transmitted information extractor extracts the transmitted information, and a controller determines a rule for identifying and processing a received packet based on the identifying policy and the processing policy corresponding to the transmitted information extracted and prepares an identifying rule/processing rule setting table which indicates the rule. A packet processing identifies the received packet based on the identifying rule and processes the identified packet based on the processing rule.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.