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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:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Benjamin T. H. Cox, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin T. H. Cox, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for limiting access using file-level protocol rule sets. A rule set, comprising of an ordered set of rules, is associated with a virtual file system (VFS). When a data access request is received, the network address of the client originating the data access request is utilized to select a matching rule from the rule set for use in determining access to the VFS. The selected rule is then processed to determine if the data access request is permitted.