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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shashidhar Reddy Polepalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pankajkumar Chechani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1458 (2013.01); H04L 47/11 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04W 36/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing data usage of a cellular modem during DoS/DDoS attacks are provided. According to one embodiment, a network security device of a private network detects a DoS attack in network traffic going through the network security device and determines whether the DoS attack is being transmitted through a cellular modem of a cellular data network. The network security device reduces data usage of the cellular modem when the DoS attack is detected and the DoS attack being is transmitted through the cellular modem.