Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Multiple computer communication using cryptography – Protection at a particular protocol layer
Patent
1997-09-19
1999-10-05
Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Multiple computer communication using cryptography
Protection at a particular protocol layer
713201, G06F 1214
Patent
active
059616440
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for testing the integrity of computer alarm systems which can be part of a computing network, includes testing the computer alarm system by simulating an attack on the computing network including the alarm system itself. Thereafter, information, pertaining to the status of the computing network alarm system attendant upon the simulated attack, is registered.
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Kurtzberg Jerome M.
Levanoni Menachem
Beausoliel, Jr. Robert W.
Elmore Stephen C.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kaufman, Esq. Stephen C.
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