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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Geoffrey Cooper, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kieran G. Sherlock, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Hoy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Cooper, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kieran G. Sherlock, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Hoy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H06J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a network monitor internals mechanism, which serves to translate packet data into multiple concurrent streams of encoded network event data, to contribute to enterprise management, reporting, and global mechanisms for aggregating monitors at a centralized aggregation point, and to facilitate rate limiting techniques because such monitors are not in control (i.e. cannot back pressure flow) is provided.