Method and system for remotely configuring and monitoring a communication device

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Methods and systems for remotely configuring and monitoring a communication device are provided, especially , useful in a computer network environment such as the Internet. A communication device or network appliance compares communications entering the communication device to a list of communication types established as known security risks, for example hacker attacks, unauthorized attempted access to network resources or similar , network security threats. If the received communication corresponds to a known security risk, the communication is classified as either a high security risk or low security risk and an alert , signal is transmitted to a remote monitoring center. Upon …