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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Alan J Kirby, Hollis, NH (US);
Ashok P Nadkarni, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Raptor Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Passage of packets or messages is controlled between a device and a network via a virtual connection or flow which conforms to a predefined communication protocol. In connection with processing a packet or message that triggers a step in managing the virtual connection or flow, predefined authorization rules are applied to determine whether to permit the step to occur. In connection with processing a packet or message that does not trigger a step in managing the virtual connection or flow, the packet or message is permitted to pass directly via the virtual connection or flow, without applying the predefined authorization rules.