Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling access in an electronic network include receiving a communication from a source device, the communication comprising a first protocol packet having first protocol packet information including a first protocol destination resource identifier, wherein a second protocol packet is embedded in the first protocol packet; retrieving at least one access rule based on at least one characteristic of the second protocol packet; applying the at least one access rule to at least one characteristic of the first protocol packet to determine an access rule outcome; and controlling access of the communication to a first protocol destination resource associated with the first protocol destination resource identifier according to the access rule outcome.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for use with systems including networked resources where communication between resources is via dual packet protocols wherein a first protocol includes a frame that specifies a destination device/resource and a data field and the second protocol specifies a final destination device/resource and includes a data field, where the second packets are encapsulated in the first protocol packet frames, the method including specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to the first protocol destination resource, examining a subset of the additional embedded packet information to identify one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of

Abstract: Method and apparatus for use with systems including networked resources where communication between resources is via dual packet protocols wherein a first protocol includes a frame that specifies a destination device/resource and a data field and the second protocol specifies a final destination device/resource and includes a data field, where the second packets are encapsulated in the first protocol packet frames, the method including specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to the first protocol destination resource, examining a subset of the additional embedded packet information to identify one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of

Abstract: Method and apparatus for use with systems including networked resources where communication between resources is via dual packet protocols wherein a first protocol includes a frame that specifies a destination device/resource and a data field and the second protocol specifies a final destination device/resource and includes a data field, where the second packets are encapsulated in the first protocol packet frames, the method including specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to the first protocol destination resource, examining a subset of the additional embedded packet information to identify one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of

Abstract: Method and apparatus for use with systems including networked resources where communication between resources is via dual packet protocols wherein a first protocol includes a frame that specifies a destination device/resource and a data field and the second protocol specifies a final destination device/resource and includes a data field, where the second packets are encapsulated in the first protocol packet frames, the method including specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to the first protocol destination resource, examining a subset of the additional embedded packet information to identify one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of

Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to a first protocol destination resource, examining embedded packet information to identify at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of the identified access control information.