US 7,975,305 B2
Method and system for adaptive rule-based content scanners for desktop computersGeneral
US 7,975,305 B2
Method and system for adaptive rule-based content scanners for desktop computers
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Emmanuel L Moise
Art Unit:
2437 Cryptography and Security
Agent:
Inventors:
Moshe Rubin; Moshe Matitya; Artem Melnick; Shlomo Touboul; Alexander Yermakov; Amit Shaked
Assignee:
Priority:
11/06/97
Filed:
12/09/04
Granted:
07/05/11
Expiration:
08/07/23
Abstract
A security system for scanning content within a computer, including a network interface, housed within a computer, for receiving content from the Internet on its destination to an Internet application running on the computer, a database of rules corresponding to computer exploits, stored within the computer, a rule-based content scanner that communicates with said database of rules, for scanning content to recognize the presence of potential exploits therewithin, a network traffic probe, operatively coupled to the network interface and to the rule-based content scanner, for selectively diverting content from its intended destination to the rule-based content scanner, and a rule update manager that communicates with said database of rules, for updating said database of rules periodically to incorporate new rules that are made available. A method and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F21/563G06F