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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew J. Thomas, Oxfordshire, GB;
Karl Ackerman, Topsfield, MA (US);
James Douglas Bean, Portland, OR (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Stutz, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2022.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/43 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/43 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); H04L 41/0631 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0209 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0254 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1491 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A firewall uses information about an application that originates a network request to determine whether and how to forward the request over a network. The firewall may more generally rely on the identity of the originating application, the security state of the originating application, the security state of the endpoint, and any other information that might provide an indication of malicious activity, to make routing and forwarding decisions for endpoint-originated network traffic.