Patent ID: 8225176

Claim:
An information handling system (IHS), comprising: network hardware for providing a network interface to a network; a processor coupled to the network hardware; and at least one storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the at least one storage device includes an accepted packet list; wherein, in response to receiving a packet that includes a packet error check value and a packet data field through the network interface, the IHS: compares the packet error check value to a plurality of error check elements in the accepted packet list; wherein, in response to the packet error check value not matching an error check element in the accepted packet list, the packet is accepted; wherein, in response to the packet error check value matching an error check element in the accepted packet list, the packet data field is compared to a data element that is associated with the matching error check element in the accepted packet list; wherein, in response to the packet data field not matching the data element, the packet is accepted; and wherein, in response to the packet data field matching the data element, the packet is discarded.