US Patent Issued to ARBOR NETWORKS on July 1 for "Slowing requests from malicious network clients using a tarpitting technique" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,557, issued on July 1, was assigned to ARBOR NETWORKS INC. (Westford, Mass.).

"Slowing requests from malicious network clients using a tarpitting technique" was invented by Brian St. Pierre (Acworth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring a network during a DDoS attack is provided. The method includes receiving packets included in the attack, determining whether the packets are designated for tarpitting, for each packet from a source determined to be designated for tarpitting, assigning the packet to an existing or newly established flow, applying at least one tarpitting technique, and applying a randomization func...