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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
David Abzarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael R. Surkan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Salahuddin C. J. Khan, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit A. Sehgal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eran Yariv, Redmond, WA (US);
Emanuel Paleologu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerardo Diaz Cuellar, Redmond, WA (US);
David Abzarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael R. Surkan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Salahuddin C. J. Khan, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit A. Sehgal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eran Yariv, Redmond, WA (US);
Emanuel Paleologu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gerardo Diaz Cuellar, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A host firewall can determine and consider whether unsolicited traffic is inbound from beyond the edge of the network and allow or block such traffic based at least in part upon this characteristic. In one implementation, an edge traversal parameter can be set on a host firewall rule, which typically includes other parameters such as port, protocol, etc. If the unsolicited traffic received via an edge traversal interface matches a host firewall rule that has the edge traversal criterion, then the firewall does not block the traffic. On the other hand, if the unsolicited traffic received via an edge traversal interface fails to satisfy the edge traversal criterion on any firewall rule, then the firewall blocks the traffic.