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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Tuomo Syvänne, Vantaa, FI;
Tuomo Syvänne, Vantaa, FI;
Stonesoft Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of managing a network device, a network device, and a management system. A configuration of a firewall is changed over a network connection by a remote management system (). The firewall () applies the change configuration after receiving a command from the management system (). Shortly after the changed configuration is applied, the management system () takes a new connection to the firewall (). With this new connection, the configuration is accepted for permanent use in the firewall (). If a new connection is not successfully set-up within a given time limit, the firewall () will automatically return to use the old configuration. Thereby, the firewall () is able to restore from any loss of management connection caused by a mistake in the changed configuration.