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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/301 (2013.01); G06F 11/302 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); G06F 11/34 (2013.01); G06F 11/3495 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for tracking virtual machine usage includes deploying, by a client machine with a client Internet Protocol (IP) address, an instance of a virtual machine. The client machine generates an identification for the instance of the virtual machine and requests a domain name system (DNS) lookup for a domain name string from a tracker server specified by a tracker IP address, where the domain name string comprises the identification. The tracker server receives the DNS lookup from the client machine and records the identification and the client IP address.