Patent ID: 7886351
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for a network aware firewall, the method comprising: accessing a first network through a first virtual network interface from a client computer system; determining whether the first network is a first network type or a second network type, the first network type different than the second network type; and creating a first set of security parameters associated with a first firewall local to the client computer system in response to determining whether the first network is the first network type or the second network type, wherein the first set of security parameters comprises a global security profile and a concurrently applied first network specific profile if it is determined that the first network is the first network type, and wherein the first set of security parameters comprises the global security profile and a concurrently applied second network specific profile if it is determined that the first network is the second network type, wherein the global security profile is different than the first network specific profile and the second network specific profile and wherein the first network specific profile is different than the second network specific profile, wherein creating the first set of security parameters comprises: