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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Eric Bloch, San Mateo, CA (US);
Shalabh Mohan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rajendraprasad R. Pagaku, Foster City, CA (US);
Doug Moore, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Krentel, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce Thompson, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian R. Elischer, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Brandon L. Golm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Bloch, San Mateo, CA (US);
Shalabh Mohan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rajendraprasad R. Pagaku, Foster City, CA (US);
Doug Moore, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Krentel, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce Thompson, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian R. Elischer, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Brandon L. Golm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ironport Systems, Inc., San Bruno, CA (US);
Abstract
A data processing apparatus, comprising at least one processor and a traffic monitor comprising logic which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform: creating, using forward Domain Name System (DNS) lookups, a mapping of domain names to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses; determining whether a particular domain in the mapping requires handling data traffic to or from the particular domain by performing a particular action; based on the mapping, determining one or more IP addresses that are associated with the particular domain; generating policy for a firewall that instructs the firewall to perform the particular action upon receiving a particular request; wherein the particular request specifies a particular IP address that is within the particular domain.