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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arup Acharya, Nanuet, NY (US);
Ashish Kundu, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of obfuscating communication traffic patterns may include detecting, at a first communications device, data communication sessions with a second communications device via the computer server using a network protocol. At the first device, a first traffic pattern is accessed based on the data communication sessions over a first predefined time period. At the first communications device, a second traffic pattern is accessed based on the data communication sessions over a second predefined time period that occurs after the first predefined time period. At the first communications device, based on a randomization process, a dummy data communication pattern is generated for transmission to the second communication devices, whereby the dummy data communication pattern is appended to the second traffic pattern for obfuscating a traffic pattern change between the first and the second traffic pattern at the computer server used to establish the communication sessions.