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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Jason Whitman Keith Brothers, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Peter Dennis Bartok, Orem, UT (US);
Jason Whitman Keith Brothers, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Peter Dennis Bartok, Orem, UT (US);
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for monitoring data packets received at a target system. The data packets may be monitored at any layer of the communication protocol to characterize the type of network traffic being sent from a source machine. Upon detection of suspected and/or confirmed attacks on the target system, the monitoring server may block and/or contain data packets associated with the attacking source to prevent continued attacks on the target system. The monitoring server may monitor data packets transparently in approximately in real-time so that users of the system do not experience messaging delays.