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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth L Knowlson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713200 ; 713151 ; 713152 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for securing a computer from unauthorized access via the Internet. The binding monitor service detects when an unauthorized protocol, typically a non-Internet protocol has a binding to an adapter such as an external network interface connector. When such a binding is detected, an alert is generated alerting the user or hardware to take care of the potential security breach.