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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Eric S. Jackson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas J. Song, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lawrence Benjamin Fleis, Lansing, MI (US);
Aidan Christopher Dysart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerald R. Malan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric S. Jackson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas J. Song, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lawrence Benjamin Fleis, Lansing, MI (US);
Aidan Christopher Dysart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerald R. Malan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arbor Networks, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for monitoring traffic in an enterprise network. Similar hosts may be grouped using flow information. Network policy may then be created at the group level based on the signatures of the hosts and groups of hosts in the enterprise. Hosts may be arranged in hierarchical clusters. Some of these clusters may be selected as groups based on a desired degree of similarity between hosts in a group. The similarity between hosts may be determined based on similarity of network behavior of the hosts.