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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2010
Donald C. Gray, Ii, Monessen, PA (US);
Mike Hrabik, Omaha, NE (US);
Donald C. Gray, II, Monessen, PA (US);
Mike Hrabik, Omaha, NE (US);
Sollitionary, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A method and system for preventing an unacceptable data packet directed at a computing device on a first network and sent from a client device. The method includes a step of providing a network security system remotely from the first network and the client device, the network security system having a public address and including a load balancer and at least one network security subsystem having a private address, the network security subsystem further including an intrusion detection module, the load balancer of the network security subsystem receiving the data packet destined for the computing device. The load balancer translates the destination address of the packet from the public address of the network security system to the private address of the network security subsystem and forwards the packet to the intrusion detection module of the network security subsystem. The intrusion detection module then determines whether the packet is an intrusion attempt. If the packet is not the intrusion attempt, the destination address for the packet is translated to the address of the computing device, the packet source address is translated to the public address of the network security system and the packet is forwarded to the computing device. Finally, if the packet is the intrusion attempt, a network intrusion prevention technique is performed.