Using a content delivery network for security monitoring
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1. A content delivery network comprising:
- a monitoring system comprising a processor;
a cache server remote from the monitoring system and including a storage medium having instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising;
receiving a request for content from a client system;
receiving the content and a security data file of a content server from the content server in response to receiving the request for the content;
caching the content at the cache server;
providing the content to the client system; and
providing the security data file to the monitoring system;
wherein the monitoring system identifies changes in operation of the content server based upon the security data file and generates an alert upon identifying the changes.
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Abstract
A content delivery network includes a plurality of cache servers. Each cache server is configured to receive a request for content from a client system and receive content and security data from a content server. Each cache server is further configured to provide the content to the client system and provide the security data to a monitoring system.
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1. A content delivery network comprising:
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a monitoring system comprising a processor; a cache server remote from the monitoring system and including a storage medium having instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising; receiving a request for content from a client system; receiving the content and a security data file of a content server from the content server in response to receiving the request for the content; caching the content at the cache server; providing the content to the client system; and providing the security data file to the monitoring system; wherein the monitoring system identifies changes in operation of the content server based upon the security data file and generates an alert upon identifying the changes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions to manipulate the processor, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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instructions to collect a first security data file of a content server from the content server; instructions to receive a request for content from a client system at a cache server; instructions to receive the content and the first security data file from the content server in response to receiving the request for the content; instructions to provide the content to the client system; instructions to cache the content at the cache server; instructions to provide the first security data to a monitoring system remote from the client system; and instructions to identify changes in operation of the content server by the monitoring system based upon the first security data file and to generate an alert upon identifying the changes. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a cache server, a request for content from a client system; receiving the content and a first security data file of a content server from the content server, in response to receiving the request for the content; caching the content at the cache server; providing the content to the client system; providing the first security data file to a monitoring system remote from the client system; identifying, at the monitoring system, changes in operation of the content server based upon the security data file; and generating an alert upon identifying the changes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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