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Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically configuring firewalls

  • US 20080148381A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2006
  • Published: 06/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatically configuring a firewall, the method comprising:

  • detecting an attempt by a software application executing on a user device to communicate through a firewall, wherein the firewall has blocked the communication attempt;

    collecting information about the detected communication attempt;

    assessing a danger level of allowing the software application to communicate through the firewall based upon the collected information; and

    reconfiguring the firewall to allow the software application to communicate through the firewall if the assessed danger level is below a threshold level.

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