Patent ID: 8214889
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing security settings of a firewall and exceptions to security settings of the firewall in a networked environment, the method comprising: managing security settings and exceptions based on network class to control network communication through the firewall; receiving a connection request from a computing device to a first network; classifying the first network to a specified network class, the classifying at least partially based on a user input from a user of the computing device; applying at least one exception to the first network based on the first network being in the specified network class; and upon detection of a change in network connection from the first network to a second network, classifying the second network to the specified network class, the classifying at least partially based on user input from the user of the computing device and revoking the at least one exception for the second network, wherein the at least one exception includes a network security exception enabled by the user to a network rule managed by the firewall, and the revoking occurs automatically according to the network security exception enabled by the user.