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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:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Jacco Brok, Overijssel, NL;
Willem Adriaan Romijn, Zuid-Holland, NL;
Inventors:
Jacco Brok, Overijssel, NL;
Willem Adriaan Romijn, Zuid-Holland, NL;
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for preventing a bridge between a secure network and an insecure network. Specifically, the method comprises monitoring a network device supporting a secure network connection for an attempt to establish an insecure network connection, and terminating the secure network connection in response to detecting the attempt to establish the insecure network connection, where the secure network connection comprises a network layer connection.