Systems, methods, and media for firewall control via remote system information

A computer program product, comprising one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and computer-readable program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices and are configured to be executed by one or more processors of a user computer system to perform a method for controlling a firewall for the user computer system, said method comprising:

• said one or more processors of the user computer system receiving a control request to control a program of the user computer system by the firewall, said control request comprising a condition pertaining to at least one process of a remote computer system, said at least one process configured to be executed on the remote computer system, said firewall configured to protect the user computer system from external threats;
• said one or more processors storing a remote system condition associated with the program of the user computer system, said remote system condition comprising the condition pertaining to the at least one process utilizing more than a specified percentage of CPU resources of the remote computer system;
• said one or more processors ascertaining whether the remote system condition is satisfied;
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• said one or more processors directing the firewall or allow or block a transmission of data if said ascertaining ascertains that the remote system condition is not satisfied or satisfied, respectively.

A user computer system, comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories to perform a method for controlling a firewall for the user computer system, said method comprising:

• said one or more processors of the user computer system receiving a control request to control a program of the user computer system by the firewall, said control request comprising a condition pertaining to at least one process of a remote computer system, said at least one process configured to be executed on the remote computer system, said firewall configured to protect the user computer system from external threats;
• said one or more processors storing a remote system condition associated with the program of the user computer system, said remote system condition comprising the condition pertaining to the at least one process utilizing more than a specified percentage of CPU resources of the remote computer system;
• said one or more processors ascertaining whether the remote system condition is satisfied;
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• said one or more processors directing the firewall or allow or block a transmission of data if said ascertaining ascertains that the remote system condition is not satisfied or satisfied, respectively.