Patent ID: 8910241
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of packet management for restricting access to a resource of a computer system using client parameters and network parameters, as packet management information, said method comprising: inserting, at a first device, the packet management information and a session ID into at least a portion of information packets sent from the first device to a second device; monitoring, at the second device, the packet management information of the portion of the information packets sent from the first device; filtering out respective information packets sent to the second device from the first device when the monitored packet management information indicates that access to the resource is restricted; extracting a client ID unique to the first device from the monitored information packets; re-generating a digital signature in the second device using a session key associated with the extracted client ID; and comparing the digital signature regenerated in the second device with the digital signature embedded in the monitored information packets.