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System and apparatus for providing network security

  • US 10,601,873 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2017
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • rule engine hardware configured to receive data flows between a network and an application, said rule engine being provided between said network and said application, said rule engine being configured to;

    parse frames of the received data flows,determine a match of one or more frames of one of the received data flows to data flow information stored by the rule engine, andin response to the determined match, perform an action with respect to said one of the received data flows, said rule engine being associated with at least one first key; and

    controller hardware configured to provide control information to said rule engine to define one or more actions which are to be performed with respect to one or more of said received data flows, said controller being associated with at least one second key;

    a first data store comprising said at least one first key; and

    a second data store comprising said at least one second key,wherein said at least one first key and said at least one second key are used to encrypt at least one communication between said rule engine and said controller resulting in at least one communication between said rule engine and said controller being secure.

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