System and method to protect a webserver against application exploits and attacks
US10432650B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1425
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system of protecting a target computer server system from packet data communication exploits are described. Such a method may include: identifying as being anomalous a first data processing request, and in response: (1) directing the first data processing request to a first diagnostic instrumented module that provides virtualization of a target server or request handling interface and determines an anomaly severity of the first data processing request, and (2) transmitting to the sender of the first data processing request a packet data protocol redirect request for accessing the target computer server system or slow walks a response to the sender. A packet data communication exploit suspect may be determined based on processing of the first data processing request by the first diagnostic instrumented module. The first diagnostic instrumented module may be a virtual server or container virtualizing the server.
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