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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Ali M. Iloglu, Laurance Harbor, NJ (US);
Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
John T. Mulligan, Brick, NJ (US);
Samir S. Saad, Long Branch, NJ (US);
Ali M. Iloglu, Laurance Harbor, NJ (US);
Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
John T. Mulligan, Brick, NJ (US);
Samir S. Saad, Long Branch, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing traffic management for distributed denial of service (DDOS) traffic. Within a communications network, a DDOS detection system monitors network traffic to identify traffic that is designed to attack a particular server within the network and their entry points into the network. A traffic routing control unit is requested to deny service to the DDOS traffic. By selectively manipulating the routing information propagated to network edge routers, the traffic that is denied service is limited to mostly DDOS traffic and is routed to a cleaning center or a null address in the most effective fashion.