EP1234244A4 - Electronic message filter having a whitelist database and a quarantining mechanism - Google Patents

Electronic message filter having a whitelist database and a quarantining mechanism

Info

Publication number: EP1234244A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: quarantining; electronic message; message filter; whitelist database; whitelist
Prior art date: 1999-11-23
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Ceased

Application number

EP00980591A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1234244A1 (en

Inventor

Albert L Donaldson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

ESCOM Corp

Original Assignee

ESCOM Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-11-23

Filing date

2000-11-21

Publication date

2005-03-09

1999-11-23 Priority claimed from US09/447,590 external-priority patent/US6321267B1/en

2000-04-12 Priority claimed from US09/548,322 external-priority patent/US7249175B1/en

2000-11-21 Application filed by ESCOM Corp filed Critical ESCOM Corp

2002-08-28 Publication of EP1234244A1 publication Critical patent/EP1234244A1/en

2005-03-09 Publication of EP1234244A4 publication Critical patent/EP1234244A4/en

Status Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
- H04L63/02—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
- H04L63/0227—Filtering policies
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
- H04L51/212—Monitoring or handling of messages using filtering or selective blocking
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
- H04L63/14—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic
- H04L63/1441—Countermeasures against malicious traffic
- H04L63/145—Countermeasures against malicious traffic the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
Computing Systems (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Virology (AREA)
Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)

EP00980591A 1999-11-23 2000-11-21 Electronic message filter having a whitelist database and a quarantining mechanism Ceased EP1234244A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09/447,590 US6321267B1 (en)	1999-11-23	1999-11-23	Method and apparatus for filtering junk email
US447590		1999-11-23
US09/548,322 US7249175B1 (en)	1999-11-23	2000-04-12	Method and system for blocking e-mail having a nonexistent sender address
US548322		2000-04-12
US57384800A	2000-05-19	2000-05-19
US573848		2000-05-19
PCT/US2000/031900 WO2001038999A1 (en)	1999-11-23	2000-11-21	Electronic message filter having a whitelist database and a quarantining mechanism

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1234244A1 EP1234244A1 (en)	2002-08-28
EP1234244A4 true EP1234244A4 (en)	2005-03-09

Family

ID=27412331

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP00980591A Ceased EP1234244A4 (en)	1999-11-23	2000-11-21	Electronic message filter having a whitelist database and a quarantining mechanism

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1234244A4 (en)
AU (1)	AU782333B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2392397A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2001038999A1 (en)

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2000
- 2000-11-21 EP EP00980591A patent/EP1234244A4/en not_active Ceased
- 2000-11-21 AU AU17835/01A patent/AU782333B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2000-11-21 WO PCT/US2000/031900 patent/WO2001038999A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2000-11-21 CA CA002392397A patent/CA2392397A1/en not_active Abandoned

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
AU782333B2 (en)	2005-07-21
CA2392397A1 (en)	2001-05-31
AU1783501A (en)	2001-06-04
EP1234244A1 (en)	2002-08-28
WO2001038999A1 (en)	2001-05-31

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2002-07-13	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2002-08-28	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20020522
2002-08-28	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
2002-08-28	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI
2004-12-15	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: 7G 06F 17/60 B Ipc: 7H 04L 12/58 B Ipc: 7G 06F 15/16 A
2005-03-09	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20050119
2005-04-27	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20050310
2006-09-01	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN REFUSED
2006-10-04	18R	Application refused	Effective date: 20060207