Patent · US Active

Data-driven detection of servers and clients

US9331916B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Eyal Kolman · Nes Ziona, IL
Alex Vaystikh · Hod HaSharon, IL
Oshry Ben-Harush · Kiryat Gat, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/028
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved technique involves processing network traffic data to automatically establish whether a device on the network satisfies a particular set of constraints. Along these lines, a SIEM server observes and processes incoming and outgoing traffic data corresponding to a particular device at an address of the network. The SIEM server then analyzes this traffic data in order to determine whether the data satisfies a set of constraints satisfied by a client, or another set of constraints satisfied by a server. The SIEM server then applies the label of “client” or “server” to the device according to which set of constraints the SIEM server determines the data to have satisfied.

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