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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Paul Monroe Crutcher, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Maurice Gunsch, Rochester, MN (US);
Todd Douglas Inman, Rochester, MN (US);
William Russell Marshall, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Monroe Crutcher, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Maurice Gunsch, Rochester, MN (US);
Todd Douglas Inman, Rochester, MN (US);
William Russell Marshall, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are two mechanisms for preventing access failures attributable to dynamic port assignment of firewall-blocked ports. The mechanism involves an enhanced firewall that opens blocked ports prior to possible dynamic allocation so that the blocked ports are not available when a port is requested. The second mechanism involves an enhanced commutations stack that works in conjunction with an enhanced firewall to reserve blocked ports so that the blocked ports are not available for dynamic allocation when a port is requested.