Dynamically providing keys to host for flow aggregation
US11288256B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/062
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a novel method for collecting and reporting attributes of data flows associated with machines executing on a plurality of host computers to an analysis appliance. The analysis appliance, in some embodiments, receives definitions of keys and provides them to the host computers. In some embodiments, existing keys are modified based on the analysis. Additionally, or alternatively, new keys are provided based on the analysis. In some embodiments, the analysis appliance receives the flow group records (e.g., sets of attributes) based on the keys and the configuration data from each host computer.
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