File filter

• US 10,043,020 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hardee, Christopher J., Matteson, Jason A., Steinke, Mark E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rahman, Mahfuzur
• Application Number:
  US14/974,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20170177885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Method for transferring files to a destination folder on a computer. At least one rule to a transfer of files to a destination folder on a destination computer system are received. A filter file is generated, wherein the filter file includes the least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. During transfer of files to the destination folder on the destination computer, attributes of each file are compared to the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. Upon attributes of a compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, transfer of the violating file to the destination folder is prevented.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computer processor;

an input operable to receive computer-readable files and computer-readable folders;

a computer memory containing;

a destination folder, on a first filesystem, for at least one computer-readable computer file;

a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs an operation for processing data, comprising;

receiving a first copy of a computer-readable filter file that includes at least one rule specific to the transfer of files from a source folder on a second filesystem to the destination folder, wherein the first copy of the computer-readable filter file is stored in the destination folder, and wherein a second copy of the computer-readable filter file is stored in the source folder;

upon comparing the first copy of the computer-readable filter file to the second copy of the computer-readable filter file and determining that the first copy of the computer-readable filter file and the second copy of the computer-readable filter file match, commencing the transfer of the files from the source folder to the destination folder;

during a file transfer operation to transfer files to the destination folder from the source folder;

comparing attributes of each file to the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder; and

comparing each file to the at least one rule specific to the file transfer operation;

upon attributes of a compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, preventing, by a software component performing the file transfer option, the transfer of the violating file from the source folder to the destination folder.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the program performs additional operations for processing data, comprising:

upon the compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, outputting an alert message.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the alert message identifies the rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder that the compared file violates.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule specific to transfer of files to the destination folder includes at least one of:

a file size rule;

a file type rule;

a file virus scan status;

a file creation date rule;

a file modification date rule;

a file name rule;

a file password control rule;

a file creator rule;

a file permissions rule; and

a file class rule.

5. A computer program product for transferring computer files to a destination folder, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to;

receiving a first copy of a computer-readable filter file that includes at least one rule specific to a transfer of files from a source folder on a first filesystem to a destination folder on a second filesystem, wherein the first copy of the computer-readable filter file is stored in the source folder, and wherein a second copy of the computer-readable filter file is stored in the destination folder;

upon comparing the first copy of the computer-readable filter file to the second copy of the computer-readable filter file and determining that the first copy of the computer-readable filter file and the second copy of the computer-readable filter file match, commencing the transfer of the files from the source folder to the destination folder;

during a file transfer operation to transfer files to the destination folder;

compare attributes of each file to the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder; and

compare each file to the at least one rule specific to the file transfer operation;

upon attributes of a compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, prevent, by a software component performing the file transfer option, the transfer of the violating file from the source folder to the destination folder.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer-readable program code is further executable to:

receive at least one user input related to the at least one rule specific to a transfer of files to the destination folder on the destination computer system;

generate the filter file, wherein the filter file includes the least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer-readable program code is further executable to:

upon the compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, output an alert message.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the alert message identifies the rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder that the compared file violates.