Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identifying a potential DDOS attack using statistical analysis
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Application No.: US16704626Application Date: 2019-12-05
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Publication No.: US10944784B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Robert Smith , Shawn Marck
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
Embodiments can identify requests that may be tied to a DDOS attack. For example, the primary identifiers (e.g., a source address) of requests for a network resource (e.g., an entire website or a particular element of the website) can be tracked. In one embodiment, a statistical analysis of how often a particular source address (or other primary identifier) normally makes a request can be used to identify source addresses that make substantially more requests. A normal amount can correspond to an average number of request that a source address makes. According to some embodiments, a system can use statistical analysis methods on various request data in web server logs to identify potential attacks and send data concerned potential attacks to an HBA system for further analysis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200169582A1 IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL DDOS ATTACK USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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