(19)
(11) EP 1 826 986 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
10.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/10

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
20.01.2010 Bulletin 2010/03

(21) Application number: 07106761.5

(22) Date of filing: 21.01.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04L 29/06(2006.01)
 H04L 12/24(2006.01)

(54)

Management of passive network devices using covert connections

Verwaltung passiver Netzwerkgeräte über verdeckte Verbindungen

Gestion de dispositifs de réseau passifs à l'aide de connexions cachées

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

(43) Date of publication of application:
29.08.2007 Bulletin 2007/35

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
03729531.8 / 1586185

(73) Proprietor: Quantar Solutions Limited
London W1G 8EA (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Evrard, Philippe
    B-1380, Lasne (BE)
  • Naveau, Olivier
    B-1020, Laeken (BE)
  • Nasdrovisky, Stephane
    B-1020, Laeken (BE)
  • Dubois, Olivier
    Braine L'Alleud (BE)

(74) Representative: Piotrowicz, Pawel Jan Andrzej et al
Venner Shipley LLP Byron House Cambridge Business Park Cowley Road
Cambridge CB4 0WZ
Cambridge CB4 0WZ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
US-B1- 6 266 704
   
  • HWA-CHUN LIN ET AL: "Distributed network management by HTTP-based remote invocation" GLOBECOM 99, vol. 3, 5 December 1999 (1999-12-05), pages 1889-1893, XP010373743
  • MARKUS KUHN: "Steganography" STEGANOGRAPHY MAILING LIST, [Online] 3 July 1995 (1995-07-03), pages 1-2, XP002242875 Retrieved from the Internet: URL:http://www.jjtc.com/Steganography/steg list.htm> [retrieved on 2003-05-30]
   
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