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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew F. Fanton, Westminster, CO (US);
John J. Gandee, Loveland, CO (US);
William H. Lutton, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Edwin L. Harper, Platteville, CO (US);
Kurt E. Godwin, Loveland, CO (US);
Anthony A. Rozga, Wellington, CO (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for selective authorization of code modules are provided. According to one embodiment, a kernel-level driver within a kernel of an operating system of a computer system intercepts activity in connection with a file system associated with the computer system or the operating system relating to a code module. A determination is made by the kernel-level driver regarding whether to allow the intercepted activity to proceed by performing a real-time authentication process of the code module with reference to a multi-level whitelist database architecture, including a local copy of a remote global whitelist database hosted by a trusted their-party service provider, a local whitelist database and a most recently used (MRU) cache. When the intercepted activity is allowed to proceed as a result of the determination, the code module is permitted by the kernel-level driver to be loaded and executed by the computer system.