Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-dimensional geometry for enhancement of simulations of network devices
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Application No.: US14580272Application Date: 2014-12-23
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Publication No.: US09860264B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Cezar P. Grzelak
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Michael O'Keefe
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for using multi-dimensional geometry in simulations of packet flows through network devices, is provided. The computer-implemented method includes receiving an input object for traffic simulation of network devices, comprising a source and destination host ranges and source and destination port ranges, and protocol, application and vulnerability ranges, targeted for the destination host ranges. The computer-implemented method further includes representing blocked traffic of the simulated traffic by an intersection of at least two n-dimensional cuboids in n-dimensional space. The computer-implemented method further includes subtracting an access control list shape from an input shape to obtain a concave form representing permitted host, port, protocol, application, and vulnerability combinations of ranges. The computer-implemented method further includes decomposing the obtained concave shape into multiple convex shapes that satisfy a set of predetermined input conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182555A1 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY FOR ENHANCEMENT OF SIMULATIONS OF NETWORK DEVICES Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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