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Methods, media and systems for responding to a denial of service attack

US8549646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

Angelos Stavrou · Springfield, US
Angelos D. Keromytis · New York, US
Jason Nieh · New York, US
Vishal Misra · New York, US
Daniel Rubenstein · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2006
Grant date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2463/141
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, media and systems for responding to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes detecting a DoS attack, migrating one or more processes that provide a service to an unaffected system; authenticating users that are authorized to use the service; and routing traffic generated by authenticated users to the unaffected system.

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