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Abstract

The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for providing security in an IP-based end user device, such personal computer clients, hard phones, soft phones, cellular phones, dual-mode phones, handheld communication devices, wireless communications devices and any other device capable of supporting real time IP-based applications. An application layer, a TCP/IP layer and a datalink layer of the IP-based end user device are monitored. Whenever an incoming session is detected and analyzed, the incoming session is accepted whenever one or more session security parameter(s) are satisfied and the incoming session is denied whenever the session security parameter(s) are not satisfied. Whenever an incoming packet is detected and analyzed, the incoming packet is processed whenever one or more packet security parameter(s) are satisfied and the incoming packet is dropped whenever the packet security parameter(s) are not satisfied.

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