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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Michael A. Weintraub, Medfield, MA (US);
David E. Young, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Nabil Bitar, Acton, MA (US);
Rajesh Yadav, Ashland, MA (US);
Michael A. Weintraub, Medfield, MA (US);
David E. Young, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Nabil Bitar, Acton, MA (US);
Rajesh Yadav, Ashland, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a policy enforcement point that is located within a first network. The policy enforcement point is configured to connect the first network to a second network via a secure connection. The policy enforcement point is configured to receive traffic from a first device via the first network or a second device associated with the second network via the secure connection, determine whether to apply a policy to the received traffic, and discard the received traffic when a policy is determined to apply to the received traffic.