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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
John R.B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US);
Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a network including a wide area network and a local area network, an edge server may be within the wide area network and geographically close to a customer device of the local area network. Such an edge server may be vulnerable to attacks, such as distributed denial of service attacks, including SYN floods. Systems and methods for customer control of edge service are provided while mitigating such attacks.