Patent ID: 8713665

Claim:
A method for controlling a firewall for a user computer system, said method comprising: one or more processors of the user computer system receiving a control request to control a program of the user computer system by the firewall, said control request comprising a condition pertaining to at least one process of a remote computer system, said at least one process configured to be executed on the remote computer system, said firewall configured to protect the user computer system from external threats; said one or more processors storing a remote system condition associated with the program of the user computer system, said remote system condition comprising the condition pertaining to the at least one process utilizing more than a specified percentage of CPU resources of the remote computer system; said one or more processors ascertaining whether the remote system condition is satisfied; and said one or more processors directing the firewall to allow or block a transmission of data if said ascertaining ascertains that the remote system condition is not satisfied or satisfied, respectively.