Patent ID: 8201234
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling network security for a computing device, said method comprising: defining one or more parameters included in a network security rule for managing communications between the computing device and at least one other computing device via a data communications network, said network security rule expressing a multi-profile security policy including a connection security rule and a firewall rule, the firewall rule comprising an action parameter, a traffic direction parameter, a security level parameter, and a remote user identification parameter; specifying one or more restrictions to each of the one or more parameters, said specified one or more restrictions identifying limiting values for each of the one or more parameters; validating the network security rule, further comprising: NULL value; and Authenticate or AuthenticateEncrypt; executing the network security rule; and examining the communications as a function of the network security rule for managing the communications from and to the computing device.