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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Satishkumar Sadagopan, Leawood, KS (US);

Mudhakar Srivatsa, White Plains, NY (US);

Dinesh C. Verma, New Castle, NY (US);

Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Utpal Mangla, Toronto, CA;

Gerald Coon, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product is provided for establishing a dynamically adaptive network firewall. A firewall model is established that identifies resources that can be used and a plurality of nodes that connect to one another to form a network. A set of external rules and policies are provided to each resource. The firewall implemented using the firewall model upon receiving of incoming data and upon traffic flow. The firewall expands or contracts the network by adding or removing resources according to work that needs to be performed. The work includes both tasks to be completed and efforts that has to be taken by the firewall to ensure security by preventing unauthorized access into the network.


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