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HIERARCHICAL RULE DEVELOPMENT AND BINDING FOR WEB APPLICATION SERVER FIREWALL

  • US 20120304275A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2011
  • Published: 11/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a web application server firewall, said method comprising the steps of:

  • intercepting at least one of an HTTP request message and an HTTP response message;

    identifying a corresponding HTTP message model, based on said intercepting step, said HTTP message model comprising a plurality of message model sections;

    parsing a representation of said at least one of an HTTP request message and an HTTP response message into message sections in accordance with said message model sections of said HTTP message model;

    binding a plurality of security rules to said message model sections, said plurality of security rules each specifying at least one action to be taken in response to a given condition, said given condition being based, at least in part, on a corresponding given one of said message sections; and

    processing said at least one of an HTTP request message and an HTTP response message in accordance with said plurality of security rules.

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