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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Michael Feldpusch, Westminster, CO (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for dynamically mitigating a DDOS attack. In an aspect, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method for dynamically mitigating a distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The computer-implemented method may include detecting a DDOS attack directing malicious traffic to a target, identifying one or more source locations of the malicious traffic, and in response to detecting the DDOS attack, activating one or more scrub clusters in the identified one or more source locations of the malicious traffic. The method may further include directing traffic intended for the target to the to the activated one or more scrub clusters, detecting an end of the DDOS attack, and in response to detecting the end of the DDOS attack, deactivating the one or more scrub clusters to release hardware resources.