METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING RECURSIVE NAME SERVERS

• US 20140304378A1
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Original Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Inventors: Courtney, Scott Brian, Gould, James Fred
• Granted Patent: US 9,160,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method of applying device preferences to network traffic includes establishing first DNS settings of a first device and establishing second DNS settings of a second device. The first DNS settings are associated with one or more first name servers. The second DNS settings are associated with one or more second name servers. The method also includes transmitting, from the first device, at least a portion of a first DNS query and a public IP address to the first name server. The method further includes transmitting, from the second device, at least a portion of a second DNS query and the public IP address to the second name server

Claims

1. A method of applying device preferences to network traffic, the method comprising:

establishing first DNS settings of a first device, wherein the first DNS settings are associated with one or more first name servers;

establishing second DNS settings of a second device, wherein the second DNS settings are associated with one or more second name servers;

transmitting, from the first device, at least a portion of a first DNS query and a public IP address to the first name server; and

transmitting, from the second device, at least a portion of a second DNS query and the public IP address to the second name server.

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