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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
David Abzarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eran Yariv, Redmond, WA (US);
Emanuel Paleologu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerardo Diaz Cuellar, Redmond, WA (US);
Ian Carbaugh, Redmond, WA (US);
David Abzarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eran Yariv, Redmond, WA (US);
Emanuel Paleologu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerardo Diaz Cuellar, Redmond, WA (US);
Ian Carbaugh, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a firewall installer that receives a set of configuration instructions for configuring a firewall in a declarative format that describes one or more rules to be implemented by the firewall, and that automatically configures the firewall. Providing a firewall installer that is capable of configuring a firewall based upon declarative input rather than procedural process-oriented input facilitates administration of a firewall by allowing an administrator to specify desired firewall configuration at a higher, declarative level and frees the administrator from the need to specify procedures for implementing configuration changes in the firewall. In one embodiment of the invention, the firewall installer can receive and store input for configuring a firewall even when the firewall is not running, such that the firewall executes on those configuration changes when it next comes online.