Network visibility for cotenant processes
US10462031B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0894
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a network agent, associated with an operating system of a computing device, tracks socket connection calls made by a plurality of cotenant processes on the computing device that share a common network transport between the computing device and a remote computing device. The network agent may then extract a process identification (ID) for the socket connection calls, the process ID identifying which particular cotenant process of the plurality of cotenant processes is making each particular socket connection call. While monitoring network metrics of network traffic flows over socket connections between the computing device and the remote computing device, the network agent may attribute given network metrics from particular socket connections to a corresponding cotenant process based on the correlated process ID for the socket connection. As such, the network agent may then report the network metrics as attributed to the corresponding cotenant processes.
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