Patent ID: 8432907

Claim:
A system that facilitates an IP network environment comprising: a computer device, the computer device have having a software module, which performs the following steps: (a) establishing an IP network criteria for incoming and outgoing packets for the computer device; (b) retrieving the incoming and outgoing packets to determine if an IP address for the incoming and outgoing packets meet the IP network criteria; (c) if the IP address for the incoming and outgoing packets meets the IP network criteria, forwarding the incoming packets having the IP address to the computer device and forwarding outgoing packets to a network connection; and (d) if the IP address for the incoming and outgoing packets does not meet the IP network criteria, dropping the incoming and outgoing packets such that the incoming packets are not forwarded to the computer device and the outgoing packets are not forwarded to the network connection, and wherein the IP address other than an IPv6 address for the incoming and outgoing packets, which do not meet the IP network criteria are IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) packets and ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) packets.