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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sushil Pangeni, Fremont, CA (US);

Vladimir Stepanenko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ravinder Verma, Freemont, CA (US);

Srikanth Devarajan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of detecting Domain Name System (DNS) tunnels for monitoring thereof include obtaining data related to DNS traffic between DNS nameservers and clients; determining a score for each DNS nameserver based on the data to characterize DNS queries over a period of time for each DNS nameserver, wherein the score incorporates all DNS queries associated with the associated DNS nameserver over the period of time; determining one or more DNS nameservers likely operating DNS tunnels based on the score; and performing one or more actions on the one or more DNS nameservers related to the DNS tunnels.


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