Visualization of firewall rules in an auto provisioning environment
First Claim
1. A method for selecting interconnectivity rules for a computer network environment and visualization on a display of a data processing system interconnectivity rules in an auto provisioning environment, comprising:
- selecting a network environment specification having characteristics describing said environment, said characteristics including;
number of network security tiers, firewalls, and other network constraints;
displaying a graphical representation of said selected network environment, including security tiers, and proposed firewalls, to a user on said display;
selecting network objects for said selected network environment, said network objects being selected from a group of objects including;
operating systems and other software applications having predefined or configurable characteristics including interconnectivity rules, and firewall rules;
populating said displayed network environment with said selected objects;
determining network interconnectivity requirements in said selected network environment for said selected objects from their characteristics; and
displaying graphical visualizations of said selected objects and graphical visualizations of said network interconnectivity requirements of said objects in appropriate regions of said displayed network environment.
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Abstract
Various aspects of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and software for selecting interconnectivity rules for a computer network environment and visualization on a display of a data processing system interconnectivity rules in an auto provisioning environment, including: selecting a network environment specification having characteristics describing the environment, the characteristics including: number of network security tiers, firewalls, and other network constraints; displaying a graphical representation of the selected network environment, including security tiers, and proposed firewalls, to a user on the display; selecting network objects for the selected network environment, the network objects being selected from a group of objects including: operating systems and other software applications having predefined or configurable characteristics including interconnectivity rules, and firewall rules; populating the displayed network environment with the selected objects; determining network interconnectivity requirements in the selected network environment for the selected objects from their characteristics; and displaying graphical visualizations of the selected objects and graphical visualizations of the network interconnectivity requirements of the objects in appropriate regions of the displayed network environment.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for selecting interconnectivity rules for a computer network environment and visualization on a display of a data processing system interconnectivity rules in an auto provisioning environment, comprising:
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selecting a network environment specification having characteristics describing said environment, said characteristics including;
number of network security tiers, firewalls, and other network constraints;
displaying a graphical representation of said selected network environment, including security tiers, and proposed firewalls, to a user on said display;
selecting network objects for said selected network environment, said network objects being selected from a group of objects including;
operating systems and other software applications having predefined or configurable characteristics including interconnectivity rules, and firewall rules;
populating said displayed network environment with said selected objects;
determining network interconnectivity requirements in said selected network environment for said selected objects from their characteristics; and
displaying graphical visualizations of said selected objects and graphical visualizations of said network interconnectivity requirements of said objects in appropriate regions of said displayed network environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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4. A system for selecting interconnectivity rules for a computer network environment and visualization on a display of a data processing system interconnectivity rules in an auto provisioning environment, comprising:
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means for selecting a network environment specification having characteristics describing said environment, said characteristics including;
number of network security tiers, firewalls, and other network constraints;
means for displaying a graphical representation of said selected network environment, including security tiers, and proposed firewalls, to a user on said display;
means for selecting network objects for said selected network environment, said network objects being selected from a group of objects including;
operating systems and other software applications having predefined or configurable characteristics including interconnectivity rules, and firewall rules;
means for populating said displayed network environment with said selected objects;
means for determining network interconnectivity requirements in said selected network environment for said selected objects from their characteristics; and
means for displaying graphical visualizations of said selected objects and graphical visualizations of said network interconnectivity requirements of said objects in appropriate regions of said displayed network environment. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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