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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Jagan Jagannathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rangaswamy Vasudevan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jagan Jagannathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rangaswamy Vasudevan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xangati, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides apparatus and methods for defending against attacks in a distributed computing environment, including (1) distinguishing attack traffic patterns from legitimate traffic patterns, (2) responsive to nature of message patterns; (3) attack traffic has few origination points, and does not divide further from target device; (4) detectors of illegitimate traffic can cooperate to confirm the suspected attack, with the effect of providing more information to each other.