METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK SECURITY BY SCANNING FOR VIRUSES
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- A network security apparatus, comprising;
one or more network traffic processors adapted to receive network traffic and to extract a data stream from the network traffic;
content processing means adapted to perform one or more preliminary content functions upon content in the data stream, thereby creating one or more function results, the function results defining one or more characteristics of the content; and
,one or more scanners adapted to use the function results to scan the content for viruses.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the provision of virus scanning capabilities in a network environment. A plurality of preliminary content processing functions are carried out on content passed over the network before the content is passed to one or more virus scanners. The virus scanners then scan the content for viruses using one or more results of the content processing functions.
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1. :
- A network security apparatus, comprising;
one or more network traffic processors adapted to receive network traffic and to extract a data stream from the network traffic; content processing means adapted to perform one or more preliminary content functions upon content in the data stream, thereby creating one or more function results, the function results defining one or more characteristics of the content; and
,one or more scanners adapted to use the function results to scan the content for viruses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- A network security apparatus, comprising;
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- A method for scanning network traffic for viruses, comprising the steps of;
extracting a data stream from network traffic; performing one or more preliminary content functions upon content in the data stream, thereby creating one or more function results, the function results defining one or more characteristics of the content; and
,scanning the content for viruses using the function results. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- A method for scanning network traffic for viruses, comprising the steps of;
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