System and method for providing peer level access control on a network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6233686
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08785501

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A system and method for providing peer-level access control on networks that carry packets of information, each packet having a 5-tuple having a source and destination address, a source and destination port, and a protocol identifier. The local rule base of a peer is dynamically loaded into a filter when the peer is authenticated, and ejected when the peer is loses authentication. The local rule base is efficiently searched through the use of hash tables wherein a hashed peer network address serves as a pointer the peer's local rules. Each rule comprises a 5-tuple and an action. The action of a rule is carried out on a packet when the 5-tuple of the rule corresponds to the 5-tuple of the packet.

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AT&T CORP32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10013-2412

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dutta, Partha P San Jose, CA 7 922
London, Thomas B Mountain View, CA 6 867
Siil, Karl Andres Montgomery Township, Somerset County, NJ 4 434
Vrsalovic, Dalibor F Sunnyvale, CA 7 763
Zenchelsky, Daniel N San Jose, CA 2 375

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