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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Arbor Networks, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Lawrence B. Huston, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James E. Winquist, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Alex Levine, Chelsea, MI (US);
Ronald G. Hay, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brett Higgins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew D. Mortensen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William M. Northway, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric Jackson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arbor Networks, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for encoding domain name information into flow records includes receiving a flow record. The flow record includes initial network flow information in a standard flow record format including at least a source address and a destination address. Domain name information associated with each of the source address and destination address is retrieved from a database. The domain name information is encoded into the received flow record while maintaining the initial network flow information to yield an enhanced flow record.