| CPC H04L 63/0263 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0281 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for automatically generating and distributing firewall rules to filter service-based interface (SBI) message relating to new or updated services, the method comprising:
maintaining a repository of firewall rules for updating a ruleset used by a core network firewall to filter service-based interface (SBI) messages transmitted in a core network;
automatically retrieving, from an online archive of Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards documents, definitions of service operations performed on SBI interfaces in the core network;
automatically generating firewall rules based on the definitions of the service operations;
storing the firewall rules in the repository of firewall rules; and
automatically distributing the firewall rules in the repository of firewall rules to the core network firewall.
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