Gaming Device Firewall
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1. A gaming device comprising:
- a network interface card operable to receive a plurality of gaming network communication packets from a gaming network;
a gaming device firewall coupled to the network interface card to receive the plurality of gaming network communication packets, and operable to apply a set of firewall rules to the plurality of gaming network communication packets and to drop some of the gaming network communication packets based on the set of firewall rules; and
a set of gaming device applications operable to receive at least some undropped ones of the gaming network communication packets from the gaming device firewall.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for gaming device software firewall are described herein. In one embodiment, a gaming device can include a network interface card operable to receive a plurality of gaming network communication packets from a gaming network. The gaming device can also include a gaming device firewall operable to apply a set of firewall rules to the plurality of gaming network communication packets and to drop some of the gaming network communication packets based on the set of firewall rules. The gaming device can also include set of gaming device applications operable to receive some of the gaming network communication packets.
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20 Claims
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1. A gaming device comprising:
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a network interface card operable to receive a plurality of gaming network communication packets from a gaming network; a gaming device firewall coupled to the network interface card to receive the plurality of gaming network communication packets, and operable to apply a set of firewall rules to the plurality of gaming network communication packets and to drop some of the gaming network communication packets based on the set of firewall rules; and a set of gaming device applications operable to receive at least some undropped ones of the gaming network communication packets from the gaming device firewall. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, in a gaming device, a gaming network communication packet from a gaming network at a network interface unit included in the gaming device; performing firewall operations on the gaming network communication packet after receiving the gaming network communication packet at a firewall, the firewall operations including, determining, based on firewall rules, whether the gaming network communication packet should be dropped; and if the gaming network communication packet should be dropped, dropping the gaming system communication packet; and if the gaming network communication packet should not be dropped, delivering the gaming system communication packet to a port of the gaming device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which when executed cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a gaming system communication packet from one of a plurality of network interfaces comprising network interface units of a gaming device; determining a destination port for the gaming system communication packet; determining, after the receiving, and based on ones of a set of firewall rules, whether the destination port is allowed to receive packets from the one of the plurality of network interfaces; and if the destination port is allowed to receive packets from the one of a plurality of network interfaces, delivering the gaming system communication packet to the destination port. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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