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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/02 (2006.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/045 (2013.01); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enterprise security system is improved by instrumenting endpoints to explicitly label network flows according to sources of network traffic. When a network message from an endpoint is received at a gateway, firewall, or other network device/service, the network message may be examined to determine the application on the endpoint that originated the request, and this source information may be used to control routing or other handling of the network message.