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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2024
F5, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Judge K. Arora, Eastsound, WA (US);
Sandeep Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy S. Michels, Greenacres, WA (US);
Bruce A Zurfluh, Newman Lake, WA (US);
F5, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic manager apparatuses, and systems that protects a network service device are disclosed. The method includes in response to receiving a notification indicating an attack risk to the network service device, activates a timer for a predetermined time period during which a first request to establish a connection with the network service device is received. The method determines whether the first request originated from a legitimate source and adds the legitimate source to a trust list. After expiration of the timer, the method receives a data packet to be transmitted to the network service device and determines whether the data packet originated from any of the trusted sources in the trust list. The method restricts a transmission of data packet(s) not originated from any of the trusted sources in the trust list to the network service device.