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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2002
Ramesh M. Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Parveen K. Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith E. Amidon, Fremont, CA (US);
Fengmin Gong, Livermore, CA (US);
Srikant Vissamsetti, Fremont, CA (US);
Steve M. Haeffele, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ananth Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramesh M. Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Parveen K. Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith E. Amidon, Fremont, CA (US);
Fengmin Gong, Livermore, CA (US);
Srikant Vissamsetti, Fremont, CA (US);
Steve M. Haeffele, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ananth Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a virtual intrusion detection system includes the step of positioning a set of sensors in a network environment, each sensor supporting multiple logical traffic paths. The method also includes the step of providing a set of sensor management systems corresponding to the set of sensors. This set of sensor management systems enforces a set of virtual intrusion detection systems, wherein each virtual intrusion detection system corresponds to a predetermined logical traffic path through the set of sensors, each virtual detection system providing sensor traffic information solely to authorized parties.