Cisco Technology, Inc.

Sca Technica, Inc.

Objective Interface Systems, Inc.

Antonio Martin

David K Murotake

Vincent E Parla

Andrew Zawadowskiy

Todd Short

Joseph Salowey

Syam Sundar Appala

Alden J Fuchs

A method for providing authoritative application-based routing and an improved application firewall, as well as a method for application classification, is described. The first embodiment, which provides a method for authoritative application-based routing, comprises tagging packets with an application identifier, and pushing the tagged packets to the network to enable the application identifier to be used in routing and priority decisions. In the second embodiment, a method for improving application firewall comprises using the application identifier to minimize the amount of processing required by the firewall when analyzing packet information.

Method for providing authoritative application-based routing and an improved application firewall

In an embodiment a method is performed by a network access device (NAD). The NAD transfers a first HTTPS request from a client computer (UE) to an identity provider computer (IdP). The NAD transfers, from the IdP, a preceding redirected URL in response to the first HTTPS request, to the UE and configured to cause the UE to redirect to said preceding redirected URL. Over a secure network link, the NAD receives a particular request specifying said preceding redirected URL, from the UE. Responsive to receiving the particular request, the NAD generates a response, comprising a subsequent redirected URL and a session identifier, and configured to cause the UE to redirect to the IdP over an HTTPS connection. The NAD transfers said subsequent redirected URL over the secure network link to the UE. The NAD transfers a second HTTPS request, comprising the session identifier, from the UE to the IdP.

Secure transmission of a session identifier during service authentication

Presented herein are techniques to reduce the vulnerabilities of network elements to malicious API calls. One or more filters that validate data across an API boundary at a network element are dynamically loaded into the network element such that a reboot of the network element is not required to use the one or more filters. An API call is received for an API function, wherein the API call contains one or more parameter values associated with the API function. The parameters may be validated using the one or more filters. If it is determined that the one or more filters validate the parameters for the API function, the API function may be executed using the parameter values. If it is determined that the one or more filters do not validate the parameters for the API function, the execution of the API function may be aborted.

Dynamic filtering for SDN API calls across a security boundary

A software defined radio system having at least one radio core that has the ability to request or accept the delivery of a Reconfigurable Communications Architecture (RCA) compliant application(s), store the application(s), and has the minimum parts of the RCA framework necessary to run the application(s).

Lightweight, high performance, remote reconfigurable communications terminal architecture

A computing system contains and uses a partitioning microkernel (PMK) or equivalent means for imposing memory partitioning and isolation prior to exposing data to a target operating system or process, and conducts continuing memory management whereby data is validated by security checks before or between sequential processing steps. The PMK may be used in conjunction with an Object Request Broker.

Methods and systems for achieving high assurance computing using low assurance operating systems and processes

System and techniques for protecting wireless communication systems from blended electronic attacks that may combine wireless and computer attacks. One embodiment is an integrated hardware and software firewall/protection system that provides a protection scheme that may include an additional functional processing layer between the hardware firewall and a mobile terminal. This additional functional processing layer performs an extra layer of communications and security processing, including such features as management of Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) functions, key generation for firewall and virtual private network (VPN) functions, and packet inspection and filtering.

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Antonio Martin