Method and device for providing network security by causing collisions

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20030149891A1
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10061376

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A method for providing security in a computing network. When a security node receives a packet broadcast in a segment of the network, it compares an address in the packet with a stored list of addresses to determine if the packet is associated with an untrusted device. The address may be a source or destination address in packet. If the security node determines that an unauthorized packet is being broadcast, it broadcasts a garbage packet while the unauthorized packet is being broadcast. This causes a collision and the nodes in the segment will ignore both packets. The security node may have stored thereon a list of authorized or unauthorized addresses (e.g., medium access control addresses), which it references whenever it detects a packet being broadcast.

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3COM CORPORATION5500 GREAT AMERICA BOULEVARD SANTA CLARA CA 95052

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Thomsen, Brant D Sandy, UT 12 334

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