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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ruian Duan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhanhao Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Janos Szurdi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Daiping Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for detecting and protecting claimable non-existent domains are disclosed. A system, process, and/or computer program product for detecting and protecting claimable non-existent domains includes monitoring network activity using a network security device, detecting that a session is querying a claimable non-existent domain using a domain name system (DNS) security service, and performing an action in response to the session querying the claimable non-existent domain.