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MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR

  • US 20080301810A1
  • Filed: 06/03/2008
  • Published: 12/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A monitoring apparatus for detection of a malicious attack in a communications network, the apparatus comprising:

  • a pattern matching engine arranged to receive a bit stream and identify a characteristic of a malicious attack from at least one datagram represented by at least part of the bit stream;

    a data store operably coupled to the pattern matching engine, the data store being arranged to retain identification data to enable the pattern matching engine to identify the characteristic of the malicious attack; and

    an alert generator arranged to generate an alert in response to an identification of the characteristic of the malicious attack;

    whereinthe data store is remotely updatable.

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