Managing a network security application

• US 20030070084A1
• Filed: 10/08/2001
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Forcepoint LLC (Francisco Partners Management LLC)
• Original Assignee: Stonesoft Oy (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Jalava, Mika, Pudas, Hannu, Satomaa, Jari
• Granted Patent: US 7,392,537 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications

Abstract

The invention provides an arrangement for managing a network security application comprising a full management user interface for conducting management operations for the network security application, and a limited management user interface for conducting a limited number of management operations of the full management user interface for the network security application over a wireless remote connection.

Claims

1. An arrangement for managing a network security application comprising:

a full management user interface for conducting management operations for the network security application, and

a limited management user interface for conducting a limited number of management operations of the full management system for the network security application over a wireless remote connection.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein,

said full management user interface comprises management operations for setting initial configuration of the network security application and for updating or modifying configuration of the network security application, and

said limited management user interface comprises management operations for updating or modifying configuration of the network security application.

3. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein,

the network security application comprises mechanisms for sending to the limited management user interface an alarm as a response to a predefined situation, and

said limited management user interface comprises management operations for acknowledging receipt of an alarm.

4. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein

the network security application comprises memory and mechanisms for storing log data into the memory,

said full management user interface comprises management operations for viewing said log data, and

said limited management user interface comprises management operations for viewing limited amount of said log data.

5. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said wireless remote connection uses wireless application protocol (WAP).

6. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein said wireless remote connection uses short message service (SMS) messages.

7. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein said wireless remote connection uses HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

8. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein,

the limited management user interface resides in a wireless device and the network security application comprises mechanisms for authenticating said wireless device and mechanisms for authenticating the person using said wireless device in the messages received from the limited management user interface to the network security application.

9. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein,

said full management user interface comprises management operations for configuring said limited management user interface.

10. A network security application managed via a full management user interface, which comprises mechanisms for conducting management operations for the network security application, wherein the network security application is arranged to be managed also via a limited management user interface comprising mechanisms:

for conducting limited number of management operations of the full management user interface for the network security application over a wireless remote connection.