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Method and apparatus for controlling access to services within a computer network

  • US 5,835,727 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1996
  • Issued: 11/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing access control to services in a computer network including one or more server systems and one or more client systems, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a filtering profile for each service, each filtering profile including one or more filtering rules,establishing the identity of a network user that is using a host client system,selecting one of more filtering profiles in accordance with the identity of the network user, andestablishing a packet filter in the computer network, the packet filter using the filtering rules included in the selected profiles to selectively forward packets originating at the host client system and directed at one or more of the services included in the network.

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