AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A FINGERPRINT PREVALENCE DATABASE WITHOUT GROUND TRUTH

    公开(公告)号:US20220360606A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17307677

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for using passively collected network data to automatically generate a fingerprint prevalence database without the need for endpoint ground truth. The process first clusters all observations with the same fingerprint string and similar source and destination context. The process then annotates each cluster with descriptive information and uses a rule-based system to derive an informative name from that descriptive information, e.g., “winnt amp client” or “cross-platform browser”. Optionally, the learned database may be augmented by a user to clarify custom process labels. Additionally, the generated database may be used to report the inferred processes in the same way as databases generated with endpoint ground truth.

    Endpoint-assisted inspection of encrypted network traffic

    公开(公告)号:US11310246B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16100361

    申请日:2018-08-10

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a traffic inspection service executed by an intermediary device obtains, from a monitoring agent executed by an endpoint device, keying information for an encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and a remote entity. The traffic inspection service provides a notification to the monitoring agent that acknowledges receipt of the keying information. The traffic inspection service uses the keying information to decrypt encrypted traffic from the encrypted traffic session. The traffic inspection service applies a policy to the encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and the remote entity, based on the decrypted traffic from the session.

    Network telemetry with byte distribution and cryptographic protocol data elements

    公开(公告)号:US11272268B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US17389537

    申请日:2021-07-30

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the flow without decrypting the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, creating a classification response, and using the classification response to modify processing of the flow. In another embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the first plurality of packets associated with the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, and using the output of the classifier to modify processing of the flow.

    Network Telemetry with Byte Distribution and Cryptographic Protocol Data Elements

    公开(公告)号:US20210360336A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17389537

    申请日:2021-07-30

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the flow without decrypting the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, creating a classification response, and using the classification response to modify processing of the flow. In another embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the first plurality of packets associated with the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, and using the output of the classifier to modify processing of the flow.

    TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED TRAFFIC ANALYZER USING A PROTOTYPE DATASET

    公开(公告)号:US20210357815A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17386020

    申请日:2021-07-27

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network generates a feature vector based on traffic flow data regarding one or more traffic flows in the network. The device makes a determination as to whether the generated feature vector is already represented in a training dataset dictionary by one or more feature vectors in the dictionary. The device updates the training dataset dictionary based on the determination by one of: adding the generated feature vector to the dictionary when the generated feature vector is not already represented by one or more feature vectors in the dictionary, or incrementing a count associated with a particular feature vector in the dictionary when the generated feature vector is already represented by the particular feature vector in the dictionary. The device generates a training dataset based on the training dataset dictionary for training a machine learning-based traffic flow analyzer.

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