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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
Scott Iekel-johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Campbell, Hammond Plains, CA;
Lawrence Bruce Huston, Iii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Moran, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeff Edwards, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Marc Eisenbarth, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jose Oscar Nazario, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Iekel-Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Campbell, Hammond Plains, CA;
Lawrence Bruce Huston, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Moran, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeff Edwards, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Marc Eisenbarth, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jose Oscar Nazario, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arbor Networks, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer readable storage medium that receives traffic/packets from external devices attempting to access protected devices in a protected network. A determination is made to whether a received packet belongs to one of a plurality of packet classifications. Each packet classification indicative of different classes of IP traffic. Countermeasures are applied to a received packet to prevent attack upon the protected devices. Applying a countermeasure to a received packet determined to belong to one of the plurality of packet classifications includes countermeasure modification/selection contingent upon the determined packet classification for the received packet.