| Title: | Systems, methods and computer program products for firewall use of certified binaries |
| Patent# | US7913299 B2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Filing Date: | Dec 21, 2007 |
| Inventors: | Alan D. May, Jeffery A. Miller, Malissa G. Sullivan |
| Original Assignee: | International Business Machines Corporation |
| Description: | |
| Systems, methods and computer program products for firewall use of certified binaries. Exemplary embodiments include a method including reading a plaintext component from a digital signature, searching the plaintext component for an identifier, reading in a TotalTCPIPPorts field for a total number of sockets to be opened for an application, reading in ports and descriptions for each of the ports, displaying information from the plaintext component up to a block including the identifier, the port being opened and the port description, prompting an instruction, displaying on the screen information from the plaintext component up to a block including the identifier, displaying a warning that the application is opening additional ports beyond the default number specified displaying a warning that opening the additional ports should be avoided and prompting the instruction. | |
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