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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:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Errin W. Fulp, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen J. Tarsa, Duxbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Errin W. Fulp, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen J. Tarsa, Duxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for firewall policy optimization are disclosed. According to one method, a firewall policy including an ordered list of firewall rules is defined. For each rule, a probability indicating a likelihood of receiving a packet matching the rule is determined. The rules are sorted in order of non-increasing probability in a manner that preserves the firewall policy.