Patent ID: 6571338
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for determining the trust worthiness of executable packets in a computer network having a plurality of secured computers and a plurality of unsecured computers, each executable packet having a source address and a destination address, said method comprising the steps of:a) determining within a first degree of certainty whether a source address of one said executable packet is associated with anyone of said plurality of secured computers, said source address is not associated with anyone of said plurality of secured computers, or association of said source address with anyone of said plurality of secured computers is uncertain; and b) determining within a second degree of certainty whether a destination address of said one executable packet is associated with anyone of said plurality of secured computers, said destination address is not associated with anyone of said plurality of secured computers, or association of said destination address with anyone of said plurality of secured computers is uncertain.