DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING FIREWALL PORTS BASED ON SERVER TRANSACTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS

    公开(公告)号:US20200045015A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16050081

    申请日:2018-07-31

    申请人: CA, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: Methods and devices for opening a firewall port for a specified time period are provided. A data packet having a source address and a destination address beyond a firewall transmitted from a process source is intercepted by an interceptor. Responsive to determining, based on the source address, that a firewall port is not open, buffering the data packet. A request comprising an identifier, a protocol identifier, and a time period the firewall port is to be open is transmitted to a firewall controller. The firewall controller authenticates the request based on the identifier and opens a firewall port determined based on the protocol identifier. The interceptor receives an open firewall port notification indicating that the firewall port has been opened and transmits the data packet through the firewall port to the destination address. The firewall controller closes the firewall port when the time period has expired.