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Reputation based load balancing

  • US 8,578,051 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2010
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Non-transitory computer readable media encoded with a computer program comprising instructions executable by data processing apparatus that cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

  • receive incoming and outgoing communications for a computer network;

    determine an external entity associated with a communication;

    derive a reputation vector for the external entity, the reputation vector comprising an aggregation of reputation information indicating the reputation of the external entity for sending malicious communications, the information including data related to reputable and non-reputable criteria in a plurality of categories comprising a plurality of different types of communications; and

    select, based on the reputation vector, a subset of tests to perform on the communication, each of the tests in the subset of tests being selected from a plurality of tests, each of the plurality of tests being a respective test that is selected for a communication when a reputation vector for the external entity associated with the communication indicates a non-reputable activity displayed by the external entity.

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