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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Brett Miller Clark, Buford, GA (US);
Patricia Joyce Leima, Duluth, GA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system communicates a packet through a streams-based network protocol stack to a network interface card that includes an interface attribute. A session filter module and a network filter module are in communication with the network protocol stack. A table of network attributes, associated with the session filter module and network filter module, is use to determine whether the network interface card can be accessed. A method comprises operating a software process that includes a network endpoint attribute, communicating packets through a network protocol stack to a network interface card, having an interface attribute, and comparing the network endpoint attribute with the interface attribute to determine whether the software process can access the network interface card.