Overlay network for tracking denial-of-service floods in unreliable datagram delivery networks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8234707
APP PUB NO 20060156402A1
SERIAL NO

11374240

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An approach for tracking denial-of-service (DoS) flood attacks using an overlay IP (Internet Protocol) network is disclosed. One or more tracking routers form an overlay tracking network over the network of an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP network includes numerous transit routers and edge routers. The tracking routers communicate directly with all the edge routers using IP tunnels. The edge routers within the ISP network perform security diagnostic functions, in part, to identify a DoS flood attack that has been launched by one or more attackers. To track down an attacker, an egress edge router identifies the DoS flood attack datagrams, rerouting these datagrams to the overlay tracking network. The tracking routers perform hop-by-hop input debugging to identify the ingress edge router associated with the source of the DoS flood attack.

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PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC3000 TANNERY WAY SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Sibley, Matthew J Columbia, US 2 79
Stone, Robert J Centreville, US 21 402

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