Mcafee, Inc.

Stevan Markovic

David Frederick Diehl

Michael W Green

Ramnath Venugopalan

Michael Donovan Keene

Donnie B Law

A computer network device comprises an intrusion prevention rule set comprising a plurality of rules, each of the plurality of rules associated with two or more rule classification parameters, and an intrusion prevention module that is operable to use two or more of the classification parameters associated with the plurality of intrusion protection rules to selectively apply the rules to provide network intrusion protection of network traffic.

Unified network threat management with rule classification

A cluster system and method. The cluster includes a first and a second interface and two or more nodes, wherein each node is connected to the first and second interfaces, wherein exactly one node includes a first redirector and wherein exactly one node includes a second redirector. The first and second redirectors include means for establishing and tracking sessions and means for forwarding packets to the chosen node. The chosen node receives a packet from the first redirector and uses the packet to send a Session Announcement to the second redirector.

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Stevan Markovic