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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
John F. Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Kevin D. Himberger, Durham, NC (US);
Clark D. Jeffries, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mohammad Peyravian, Cary, NC (US);
John F. Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Kevin D. Himberger, Durham, NC (US);
Clark D. Jeffries, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mohammad Peyravian, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A router includes a relatively low bandwidth communication connection to a small computer, a relatively high bandwidth communication connection to a communication network; and a processing unit for executing in the router a set of permit rules for permitting flow of communication packets with respect to the connections for user initiated sessions, the permit rules including a default rule for discarding all packets with respect to the small computer in traffic not pertaining to sessions initiated by the small computer.