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Formalizing, diffusing and enforcing policy advisories and monitoring policy compliance in the management of networks

  • US 20040243696A1
  • Filed: 05/06/2004
  • Published: 12/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for formalizing, diffusing, and enforcing policy advisories and for monitoring policy compliance in the management of networks of computational devices, comprising:

  • a management interface;

    a plurality of distributed clients, each of which runs on a corresponding networked computational device;

    a plurality of advisories provided by a plurality of advisory provider sites; and

    a protocol for diffusing said advisories across the network;

    wherein said management interface conveys reports from said distributed clients;

    wherein said distributed clients gather said advisories and process said advisories; and

    wherein said advisories formally target specific states of a computational device and formally specify actions to take in response thereto.

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