| AIRTIGHT NETWORKS, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20100132040 | Automated method and system for monitoring local area computer networks for unauthorized wireless access - According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless activity in a geographic area containing LAN connection ports is monitored using one or more sensor devices, called sniffers. By analyzing said wireless activity, one or more APs that are operating in said geographic area are identified. The active APs so identified are classified into three categories, namely “authorized” APs (those that are allowed by network administrator), “unauthorized” APs (those that are not allowed by the network administrator, but are still connected to the LAN of interest) and “external” APs (those that are not allowed by network administrator but are not connected to the LAN of interest, for example APs connected to the neighbor's LAN) by conducting one or more tests. The sniffers continue to monitor the selected geographic area to detect any wireless station attempting to connect to or communicating with the one or more identified unauthorized APs. Upon identifying unauthorized AP and/or intruding wireless station an indication is transferred to the prevention process. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100100930 | HOSTED VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A method, a multi-tenant security server apparatus and associated system for securing wireless communication of devices. The method includes transferring security policy configuration information from the security server to wireless devices. The method also includes ascertaining compliance of wireless activity of the wireless devices with the security policy configuration using client software modules installed on the wireless devices. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090119776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL AREA COMPUTER NETWORKS - A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based method for providing wireless vulnerability management for local area computer networks. The method includes providing a security server being hosted by a service provider entity to provide analysis of data associated with wireless vulnerability management for a plurality of local area computer networks of a plurality of customer entities, respectively. The method includes creating a workspace for wireless vulnerability management for a customer entity on the security server and receiving configuration information associated with the workspace. The method also includes supplying one or more sniffers to the customer entity. The method includes receiving at the security server information associated with wireless activity monitored by the one or more sniffers at premises of the customer entity and processing the received information within the workspace for the customer entity using the security server. The method includes metering usage of the workspace for wireless vulnerability management for the customer entity. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119741 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL AREA COMPUTER NETWORKS - A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based method for providing wireless vulnerability management for local area computer networks. The method includes providing a security server being hosted by a service provider entity to provide analysis of data associated with wireless vulnerability management for a plurality of local area computer networks of a plurality of customer entities, respectively. The method includes creating a workspace for wireless vulnerability management for a customer entity on the security server and receiving configuration information associated with the workspace. The method also includes supplying one or more sniffers to the customer entity. The method includes receiving at the security server information associated with wireless activity monitored by the one or more sniffers at premises of the customer entity and processing the received information within the workspace for the customer entity using the security server. The method includes metering usage of the workspace for wireless vulnerability management for the customer entity. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090019539 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY IEEE 802.11W AND RELATED PROTOCOLS - A method for protecting wireless communications from denial of service attacks is provided. The method comprises establishing a first wireless connection between an access point device and a client device. The method also comprises receiving at the access point device a request for establishing a second wireless connection between the access point device and the client device while a state of the first wireless connection being an established state at an access point device side endpoint. The method comprises verifying whether the first wireless connection is in the established state at the client device side endpoint. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090016529 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTION OF UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION OVER 802.11W AND RELATED WIRELESS PROTOCOLS - A method for disrupting undesirable wireless communication in wireless network is provided. The method includes providing one or more sniffer devices to monitor wireless communications in a wireless network and detecting a wireless connection established between an access point device and a client device using the one or more sniffer devices. Preferably, the wireless connection is configured for not being disconnected upon receiving a spoofed disconnection request transmitted from a wireless device other than the access point device and the client device. The method also includes disrupting the wireless connection established between the access point device and the client device by transmitting one or more spoofed connection requests from at least one of the one or more sniffer devices. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090013073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES OPERABLY COUPLED TO COMPUTER LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND RELATED METHODS - A system and method is provided for detecting wireless access devices coupled to local area network of computers. The method includes coupling a sniffer device to a local area network. The method includes transferring one or more packets to be directed to a selected device over the local area network. The selected device is preferably coupled to the local area network. The method includes intercepting the one or more packets to be directed to the selected device at the sniffer device. Moreover, the method includes deriving information from the intercepted one or more packets using the sniffer device. The method can generate one or more marker packets in a selected format using the sniffer device. The marker packets are provided based upon at least a portion of the information derived from the intercepted packets. The method includes transferring the one or more marker packets from the sniffer device over the local area network to the selected device and monitoring an airspace within a vicinity of the selected device using one or more sniffer devices | 01-08-2009 |
