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Network security system having a device profiler communicatively coupled to a traffic monitor

  • US 8,176,544 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2011
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented system for protecting a host on a network, the system comprising:

  • a device profiler having a hardware Input/Output module communicatively coupling the device profiler to the network, the device profiler for identifying characteristics of the host, accessing a vulnerability tree having nodes representative of the characteristics of the host and sets of vulnerabilities associated with the nodes, and determining one or more vulnerabilities of the host that could be exploited by network traffic; and

    a module for configuring a firewall to prevent the determined vulnerabilities of the host from being exploited.

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