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Topology-aware attack mitigation

US8261355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ammar Rayes · San Ramon, US
Zhiyun Qian · Willingboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2009
Grant date	Sep 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0218
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for preventing malicious attacks or other exploits on a computer server. A network manager may be configured to determine a topology of a plurality of network devices and deploy an intrusion prevention system in one or more of the network devices to mitigate attacks against the vulnerable servers. The one or more network devices may be identified based on the topology and one or more constraints for optimizing the deployment of the intrusion prevention systems.

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