Patent ID: 8099763

Claim:
A method for providing a secure configuration for networked devices on a network, comprising: transmitting a first RC security management information over a medium into the network; adapting the transmitting of the first RC security management information into the network responsive to a second RC security management signal to reduce exposure to intrusion; and wherein the adapting the transmitting further comprises using a combination of both a predetermined transmitted signal power level adaptation technique and a predetermined transmitted signal bit rate adaptation technique responsive to the second RC security management signal, wherein the predetermined transmitted signal bit rate adaptation technique comprises: determining a maximum standard-specified transmission rate specified by a corresponding networking standard representative of the medium, setting an initial effective high transmitted signal bit rate to be higher than the determined maximum standard-specified transmission rate specified by the corresponding networking standard, and transmitting the first RC security information at the initial effective high transmitted signal bit rate and decreasing the high transmitted signal bit rate according to a predetermined transmitted signal bit rate decrement, responsive to the second RC security management signal, wherein RC communications are effected at both a low power and a high transmitted signal bit rate.