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US 2008/0175226 A1Published application
Reputation Based Connection Throttling
AssigneeSecure Computing Corporation
InventorsDmitri Alperovitch, Paul Judge, Sven Krasser, Phyllis Adele Schneck, Aarjav Jyotindra Neeta Trivedi, Weilai Yang
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Abstract
Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for throttling connections based upon reputation of the entity requesting connection.
Claims26
A reputation based connection throttling system for voice over internet protocol communications, the system comprising:
- a communications interface operable to receive voice over internet protocol connection requests associated with an external entity prior to a connection being established between the external entity and a protected network associated with the communications interface;
- a reputation engine operable to derive a reputation associated with the external entity;
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- a connection control engine operable to deny a voice over internet protocol connection request to a protected network based upon the derived reputation of the external entity associated with the voice over protocol connection request.
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A reputation based connection throttling system for short message service communications, the system comprising:
- a communications interface operable to receive short message service connection requests associated with an external entity prior to a connection being established between the external entity and a protected network associated with the communications inter-face;
- a reputation engine operable to derive a reputation associated with the external entity;
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- a connection control engine operable to deny a short message service connection request to a protected network based upon the derived reputation of the external entity associated with the short message service connection request.
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A method for reputation based connection throttling, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a voice over internet protocol connection request, the voice over internet protocol connection request being related to an external entity;
- querying a reputation engine for a reputation associated with the external entity;
- comparing the reputation to a policy associated with a protected enterprise network;
- permitting the connection request based upon determining that the reputation of the external entity related to the voice over internet protocol connection request complies with the policy;
- throttling the connection request based upon determining that the reputation of the external entity related to the voice over internet protocol connection request does not comply with the policy.
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A method for reputation based connection throttling, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a connection request, the connection request requesting a connection between an external entity and a protected enterprise network;
- querying a reputation engine for a reputation associated with the external entity, the reputation comprising an aggregation of the reputable and non-reputable criteria associated with the external entity;
- comparing the reputation to a policy associated with the protected enterprise network;
- permitting the connection request based upon determining that the reputation of the external entity related to the voice over internet protocol connection request complies with the policy;
- throttling the connection request based upon determining that the reputation of the external entity related to the voice over internet protocol connection request does not comply with the policy.
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A reputation based firewall, comprising:
- a firewall operable to receive a data packet directed to a protected network and to determine handling of the data packet based upon a security policy associated with the protected network, the security policy comprising at least one rule based upon a reputation of an external entity associated with the data packet;
- a reputation engine operable to determine the external entity associated with the data packet and to provide the reputation to the firewall based upon determination of the external entity;
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- wherein handling comprises permitting the data packet entry to the protected network, or denying the data packet entry to the protected network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.