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Patents Assigned to WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Policy engine using stream classifier and policy binding database to associate data packet with appropriate action processor for processing without involvement of a host processor

Patent number: 6542508

Abstract: A hardware-based policy engine that employs a policy cache to process packets of network traffic. The policy engine includes a stream classifier that associates each packet with at least one action processor based on data in the packet, and the action processor further acts on the packets based on the association determined by the stream classifier.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 16, 1999

Date of Patent: April 1, 2003

Assignee: WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Inventor: Yee-Jang James Lin

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