Systems and methods for detecting a zombie server
US10644963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A zombie server can be detected. Detecting a zombie server can include receiving, at a server, network traffic and calculating a percentage of the network traffic as being productivity software layer 7 protocols every first time interval. Detecting a zombie server can also include marking the server as a zombie server based on the percentage every second time interval and processing the network traffic at the server to perform a number of actions by the productivity software.
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