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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06N 20/20 (2019.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 41/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06N 20/20 (2019.01); H04L 41/0631 (2013.01); H04L 41/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and device for classifying traffic is disclosed. The method includes (i) correlating a plurality of network traffic sessions with same source indicators to obtain correlated network traffic, (ii) classifying the plurality of network traffic sessions based at least in part on a plurality of first-layer classifiers to obtain a set of first-layer classifications, wherein the plurality of first-layer classifiers are respectively associated with a plurality of protocols, and (iii) determining a second-layer classification for the correlated network traffic based at least in part on the set of first-layer classifications.