Vernon C Rowe

US Patent:

20050066178, Mar 24, 2005

Filed:

Jul 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/919359

Inventors:

Vernon Rowe - Fort Worth TX, US
Mark Ford - Sanger TX, US
F. Hernandez - Houston TX, US
Eric Lawson - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

H04K001/00

US Classification:

713182000

Abstract:

The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for forming a protective layer around computer memory that allows access to specified external locations and applications only. A routine seeking access to the computer memory must be cleared for access by at least two different permission checking algorithms that work in conjunction to a database to determine whether access should be allowed. The invention protects the hard drive from unauthorized reading and writing by verifying permission definitions from a hard drive database and monitors startup files for changes from previous versions to prevent unauthorized control of the computer recourses at the outset of its operation upon power up. Additionally, the present invention will protect from unauthorized TCP/IP connections by verifying permissions from a TCP/IP permissions database.