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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a network component that is connected between at least two communication, installation and/or computer networks and is suitable and designed for allowing the passage of data traffic between the networks on the basis of adaptable and appropriately activated data traffic rules or for blocking the passage of data traffic through the network component. The network component has a communication relationship recording functionality for recording the communication relationships present during the passage of the data traffic. The recording functionality can be temporarily activated and/or deactivated for recording communication relationships, and the processing of the recorded communication relationships for the purpose of adapting and subsequently activating the data traffic rules is enabled only when the communication relationship recording functionality is deactivated. Also, a method for operating such a network component.
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