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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Vectra Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Himanshu Mhatre, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicolas Beauchesne, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Vectra Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 2463/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for detecting hosts and connections between hosts that are being used as relays by an actor to gain control of hosts in a network. It can further identify periods of time within the connection when the relay activities occurred. In some embodiments, the invention can also chain successive relays to identify the true source and true target of the relay.