Automatic target selection
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1. A method of identifying targets for monitoring, comprising:
- obtaining a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; and
determining a set of one or more targets by a processing unit based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to access a list of available targets from a database, and select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the target selection module is configured to select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based on;
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Abstract
A method of identifying targets for monitoring includes: obtaining a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; and determining a set of one or more targets by a processing unit based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to access a list of available targets from a database, and select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map.
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1. A method of identifying targets for monitoring, comprising:
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obtaining a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; and determining a set of one or more targets by a processing unit based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to access a list of available targets from a database, and select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the target selection module is configured to select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based on; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method identifying targets for monitoring, comprising:
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obtaining a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; determining a set of one or more targets by a processing unit based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to access a list of available targets from a database, and select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the act of determining the set of one or more targets comprises determining a first set of targets that are at least one of possible source(s) or recipient(s) of packets satisfying any of the one or more filter rules in the user-defined filter map; obtaining information regarding an inclusion set; and determining a second set of targets based on the information regarding the inclusion set; wherein the set of one or more targets is determined based on;
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(the second set of targets). - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An apparatus for identifying targets for monitoring, comprising:
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a non-transitory medium for storing a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; a processing unit configured for determining a set of one or more targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map; wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to determine the set of one or more targets by accessing a list of available targets from a database, and selecting the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map, wherein the target selection module is configured to select the one or more targets from the list of available targets based on; - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. The apparatus for identifying targets for monitoring, comprising:
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a non-transitory medium for storing a user-defined filter map, the user-defined filter map having one or more filter rules for matching against network traffic when the user-defined filter map is used by a network system to process the network traffic; a processing unit configured for determining a set of one or more targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map and determining the set of one or more targets by determining a first set of targets that are at least one of possible source(s) or recipient(s) of packets satisfying any of the one or more filter rules in the user-defined filter map; wherein the processing unit comprises a target selection module configured to determine the set of one or more targets by accessing a list of available targets from a database, and selecting the one or more targets from the list of available targets based at least in part on the user-defined filter map; obtaining information regarding an inclusion set; and determining a second set of targets based on the information regarding the inclusion set; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine the set of one or more targets based on;
(the first set of targets)∩
(the second set of targets). - View Dependent Claims (28)
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