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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lokesh Kumar, Chennai, IN;
Harinath Vishwanath Ramachetty, Bangalore, IN;
Nandi Dharma Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing a modification to a domain name system setting. In use, an attempt to modify a domain name system setting is detected. Additionally, a source of the attempt and an attribute of the modification are verified. Further, the modification to the domain name system setting is prevented, based on the verification.