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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Brian D. Swander, Bellevue, WA (US);
Avnish Kumar Chhabra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul G. Mayfield, Sammamish, WA (US);
Brian D. Swander, Bellevue, WA (US);
Avnish Kumar Chhabra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul G. Mayfield, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for adding, removing, and managing a plurality of network policy filters in a network device. Filters are installed in a framework and designated as active or disabled. Each filter has a priority. When a new filter is to be installed into the framework, it is compared to installed filters to determine if a conflict exists. If no conflict exists, the new filter is added as an active filter. If a conflict exists, a higher priority conflicting filter is added as active and a lower priority filter is added as inactive.