Existent domain name DNS traffic capture and analysis

US8521908B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verisign, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alexander D. Holmes · San Jose, US
• Andrew Simpson · Sterling, US
• Karthik Shyamsunder · Winchester, US
• Srinivas Sunkara · Ashburn, US
• Eyal Lanxner · Holon, IL
• Nir Zohar · Kfar Sava, IL
• Leonard Orentas · South Riding, US
• Matt Larson · Reston, US
• Mark Kosters · Clifton, US
• Shevek Mankin · Cupertino, US
• Tamir Kamara · Holon, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L61/4511
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for scoring a domain web traffic based on DNS traffic requests received at an authoritative name server to resolve the domain name. A request to resolve the domain name is received at an authoritative name server. A counter, such as a server counter or a hit counter, for the domain name is incremented based on the received request. A score, such as a domain traffic score or a domain rank, is calculated based upon a count of the counter. Calculating the score may also include applying a weighting factor to the counters based on information about a requesting set of resolvers and other domains/websites that may be linking and driving traffic to the domain whose traffic score is being calculated. Examples of relevant set of resolvers information may include location, traffic levels, traffic type and architecture of the set of resolvers.