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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
Arbor Networks, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
James E. Winquist, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
William M. Northway, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald G. Hay, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nicholas Scott, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lawrence B. Huston, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arbor Networks, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for configuring a network monitoring device is provided. One or more performance metrics associated with one or more thresholds to be configured are received from a user. Historical network traffic flow information associated with a previously detected malicious activity is analyzed to identify characteristic values for the one or more performance metrics. Threshold values are automatically configured based on the identified characteristic values.