公开(公告)号：US10904116B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15045202

申请日：2016-02-16

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Sunil Kumar Gupta ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Michael Standish Watts ,  Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Ashutosh Kulshreshtha ,  Khawar Deen

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04W84/18 ,  G06F21/53 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.

公开(公告)号：US10826803B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15982806

申请日：2018-05-17

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Shashi Gandham ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Janardhanan Radhakrishnan ,  Hoang-Nam Nguyen ,  Umesh Paul Mahindra ,  Sunil Gupta ,  Praneeth Vallem ,  Supreeth Rao ,  Darshan Shrinath Purandare ,  Xuan Zou ,  Akshay Srirangam ,  Jothi Prakash Prabakaran

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a system configured to receive, from a stream processing service, a first network snapshot segment. The first network snapshot segment is associated with metadata that is used to determine that at least one additional network snapshot segment associated with the output stream has not been previously received. The system is configured to request, from the stream processing service, the at least one additional network snapshot segment and generate a first network snapshot by compiling the first network snapshot segment and the at least one additional network snapshot segment.

公开(公告)号：US10797973B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US16707756

申请日：2019-12-09

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Omid Madani ,  Vimalkumar Jeyakumar ,  Ellen Christine Scheib ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L12/723 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/715 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether a node in a network is a server or a client. In some examples, a system can collect, from one or more sensors that monitor at least part of data traffic being transmitted via a pair of nodes in a network, information of the data traffic. The system can analyze attributes of the data traffic such as timing, port magnitude, degree of communication, historical data, etc. Based on analysis results and a predetermined rule associated with the attributes, the system can determine which node of the pair of nodes is a client and which node is a server.

公开(公告)号：US20200313986A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16846149

申请日：2020-04-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Roberto Fernando Spadaro

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L12/723 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/715 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23

Abstract: An approach for detecting anomalous flows in a network using header field entropy. This can be useful in detecting anomalous or malicious traffic that may attempt to “hide” or inject itself into legitimate flows. A malicious endpoint might attempt to send a control message in underutilized header fields or might try to inject illegitimate data into a legitimate flow. These illegitimate flows will likely demonstrate header field entropy that is higher than legitimate flows. Detecting anomalous flows using header field entropy can help detect malicious endpoints.

公开(公告)号：US20200244483A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16846091

申请日：2020-04-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kit Chiu Chu ,  Thomas J. Edsall ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Francisco M. Matus ,  Krishna Doddapaneni ,  Satyam Sinha ,  Sameer Merchant

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L12/755 ,  H04L12/743 ,  H04L12/753 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L12/709

Abstract: The subject technology addresses a need for improving utilization of network bandwidth in a multicast network environment. More specifically, the disclosed technology provides solutions for extending multipathing to tenant multicast traffic in an overlay network, which enables greater bandwidth utilization for multicast traffic. In some aspects, nodes in the overlay network can be connected by virtual or logical links, each of which corresponds to a path, perhaps through many physical links, in the underlying network.

公开(公告)号：US20200213181A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16816604

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Vimal Jeyakumar ,  Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Andy Sloane ,  Ashutosh Kulshreshtha ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Omid Madani

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-level analysis for determining a root cause of a network problem by performing a first level of the multi-level process that includes collecting data from one or more network components, generating a set of system metrics where each system metric of the set representing a portion of the data, ranking the set of system metrics based on a level of correlation of each system metric to the network problem to yield a ranked set of system metrics, and providing a visual representation of the first level of the multi-level process. A second level of the multi-level process includes receiving an input identifying one or more of the ranked set of system metrics to be excluded from analysis and performing a conditional analysis using only ones of the set of system metrics that are not identified for exclusion.

公开(公告)号：US10693749B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15157300

申请日：2016-05-17

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Rohit Chandra Prasad ,  Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan ,  Hoang Viet Nguyen ,  Vimalkumar Jeyakumar ,  Roberto Fernando Spadaro ,  Varun Sagar Malhotra ,  Navindra Yadav

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/26 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F21/55 ,  G06F21/56 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F21/53 ,  H04L12/723 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L1/24 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/813 ,  H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/721 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04L12/841 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/715 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/13 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/23

Abstract: An example method can include choosing a pattern or patterns of network traffic. This pattern can be representative of a certain type of traffic such as an attack. The pattern can be associated with various components of a network and can describe expected behavior of these various components. A system performing this method can then choose a nodes or nodes to generate traffic according to the pattern and send an instruction accordingly. After this synthetic traffic is generated, the system can compare the behavior of the components with the expected behavior. An alert can then be created to notify an administrator or otherwise remedy any problems.

公开(公告)号：US10686804B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US16179027

申请日：2018-11-02

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Navindra Yadav ,  Abhishek Ranjan Singh ,  Shashidhar Gandham ,  Ellen Christine Scheib ,  Omid Madani ,  Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang ,  Vimalkumar Jeyakumar ,  Michael Standish Watts ,  Hoang Viet Nguyen ,  Khawar Deen ,  Rohit Chandra Prasad ,  Sunil Kumar Gupta ,  Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao ,  Anubhav Gupta ,  Ashutosh Kulshreshtha ,  Roberto Fernando Spadaro ,  Hai Trong Vu ,  Varun Sagar Malhotra ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan ,  Fnu Rachita Agasthy ,  Duane Thomas Barlow

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.

公开(公告)号：US10594560B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15470410

申请日：2017-03-27

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Rohit Prasad ,  Shashi Gandham ,  Hoang Nguyen ,  Abhishek Singh ,  Shih-Chun Chang ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Ali Parandehgheibi ,  Paul Mach ,  Rachita Agasthy ,  Ravi Prasad ,  Varun Malhotra ,  Michael Watts ,  Sunil Gupta

IPC: H04L12/24

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to intent driven network management. A system is configured to maintain an inventory store comprising records for a set of network entities in a network, wherein each network entity in the set of network entities is associated with a record in the inventory store. The system receives a user intent statement comprising an action and a flow filter representing network data flows on which the action is to be applied and queries, based on the flow filter, the inventory store to identify a plurality of network entities in the set of network entities to which the user intent statement applies. The system generates a plurality of network policies that implement the user intent statement based on the plurality of network entities and the action and enforces the plurality network policies.

公开(公告)号：US10574575B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15966561

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Supreeth Rao ,  Navindra Yadav ,  Umamaheswaran Arumugam ,  Micheal Watts ,  Shashi Gandham ,  Prasannakumar Jobigenahally Malleshaiah ,  Duy Nguyen ,  Hai Vu ,  Tapan Shrikrishna Patwardhan ,  Aiyesha Ma ,  Xuan Zou ,  Jothi Prakash Prabakaran

IPC: H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/911

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for flow stitching network traffic flow segments at a middlebox in a network environment. In some embodiments, a method can include collecting flow records of traffic flow segments at a middlebox in a network environment including one or more transaction identifiers assigned to the traffic flow segments. The traffic flow segments can correspond to one or more traffic flows passing through the middlebox and flow directions of the traffic flow segments with respect to the middlebox can be identified using the flow records. The traffic flow segments can be stitched together based on the one or more transaction identifiers and the flow directions of the traffic flow segments to form a stitched traffic flow of the one or more traffic flows passing through the middlebox. The stitched traffic flow can be incorporated as part of network traffic data for the network environment.