Hostage system and method for intercepting encryted hostile data
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Apr 13, 2004
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Aug 19, 1999
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Aug 19, 1999
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A method for intercepting data transmissions in a system which is comprised of an external network and computers within a protected local network. A proxy server located in the communication path, between the external network and the computers, is equipped with virus detection capability and includes, also, key storage means and a hostage storage facility. If the proxy server determines that an incoming transmission from the external network contains hostile data, a key is obtained from the key storage means so as to decrypt the transmission. If no such key is available, the proxy server prevents the data transmission from entering the protected network and stores the data transmission as 'hostage data' within the hostage storage facility until the intended user provides the proxy server with a key capable of decrypting the hostage data transmission.
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