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PROACTIVE CONTAINMENT OF NETWORK SECURITY ATTACKS

  • US 20130269034A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2013
  • Published: 10/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of proactive containment of network security attacks, the method comprising:

  • determining filtering parameters corresponding to a specific system vulnerability; and

    distributing said parameters to network infrastructure components,wherein the network infrastructure components are configured to examine received packets using said parameters to identify whether the packets include a predetermined sequence of packets that signal an detest occurrence of an attack against the specific system vulnerability;

    wherein the network infrastructure components are further configured to take action to inhibit the detected attack, andwherein the action to inhibit the attack comprises preventing the packets arranged in the predetermined sequence of packets from being transmitted through a network port, while permitting other packets to be transmitted without interruption.

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