System and method for detection and mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks
US7930740B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/141
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A router includes a relatively low bandwidth communication connection to a small computer, a relatively high bandwidth communication connection to a communication network; and a processing unit for executing in the router a set of permit rules for permitting flow of communication packets with respect to the connections for user initiated sessions, the permit rules including a default rule for discarding all packets with respect to the small computer in traffic not pertaining to sessions initiated by the small computer.
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