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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Plaquin, Bristol, GB;

Christopher Ian Dalton, Bristol, GB;

Ronny Chevalier, Meudon, FR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided, comprising actively testing the access control policy of a software target using a probing logic. The method further comprises determining whether an intrusion in the software target has occurred based on monitored side effects. According to the method, the probing logic is to execute at least one operation that is forbidden by the access control policy. The probing logic is further to create at least one predetermined observable side effect based on the successful execution of the operation.


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