Patent ID: 11863526
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method, comprising:
implementing, by a server system providing web-based services, a traffic distribution module that is operable to distribute a particular type of network traffic across a plurality of different defense layers operable to perform different combinations of one or more defensive operations, wherein the plurality of different defense layers includes:
a first defense layer that is operable to perform a first set of one or more defensive operations; and
a second defense layer that is operable to perform a second set, different from the first set, of one or more defensive operations;

receiving, by the traffic distribution module, a first plurality of requests that have been identified as indicative of the particular type of network traffic;
routing, by the traffic distribution module, the first plurality of requests across the plurality of different defense layers, wherein each of the plurality of different defense layers corresponds to the particular type of network traffic, and wherein the routing is performed based on a set of distribution weightage values, including distribution weightage values assigned to each of the first defense layer and the second defense layer;
determining an updated set of distribution weightage values based on an effectiveness of the plurality of different defense layers in mitigating the particular type of network traffic; and
routing, by the traffic distribution module, a second plurality of requests identified as indicative of the particular type of network traffic across the plurality of different defense layers based on the updated set of distribution weightage values.