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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Chui-tin Yen, San Jose, CA (US);
Saumyavapuh Lugani, San Jose, CA (US);
Snigdhendu Mukhopadhyay, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuntal Daftary, San Jose, CA (US);
Chui-Tin Yen, San Jose, CA (US);
Saumyavapuh Lugani, San Jose, CA (US);
Snigdhendu Mukhopadhyay, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuntal Daftary, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for distributed detection of botnets via a plurality of sensors on a network. According to embodiments, DNS information, including domain names and addresses, is received at a sensor, the number of unique subnets corresponding to a domain name is determined and an alert is sent to other sensors when the number of unique subnets exceeds a first threshold. Other embodiments are also disclosed.