Methods For Firewall Protection Of Mass-Storage Devices

• US 20080250488A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Western Digital Israel Limited (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Golde, Ittai, Paley, Alexander, Shmulevich, Leonid
• Granted Patent: US 8,806,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls

Abstract

The present invention discloses methods for protecting a host system from information-security risks posed by a URD, the method including the steps of: operationally connecting the URD to the host system; communicating, between the URD and the host system, via a network protocol, through a firewall residing in the host system; and configuring said firewall to provide security measures related to the URD. Preferably, the firewall is a software firewall or a hardware firewall. A method for protecting a host system from information-security risks posed by a URD, the method including the steps of: operationally connecting the URD to the host system; communicating, between the URD and the host system, via a network protocol, through a firewall residing in the host system; and configuring said firewall to restrict access of at least one application to the URD. Preferably, the firewall is a software firewall or a hardware firewall.

Claims

1. A method for protecting a host system from information-security risks posed by a URD, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) operationally connecting the URD to the host system;

(b) communicating, between the URD and the host system, via a network protocol, through a firewall residing in the host system; and

(c) configuring said firewall to provide security measures related to the URD.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said firewall is a software firewall.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said firewall is a hardware firewall.

4. A method for protecting a host system from information-security risks posed by a URD, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) operationally connecting the URD to the host system;

(b) communicating, between the URD and the host system, via a network protocol, through a firewall residing in the host system; and

(c) configuring said firewall to restrict access of at least one application to the URD.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said firewall is a software firewall.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said firewall is a hardware firewall.