Patent ID: 9350758
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of protecting a server hosting a website from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, the method comprising: connecting a computerized device that includes a packet sniffer to an external network, the packet sniffer enabled to record all communications from the external network to the computerized device; recording, with the packet sniffer, a DDoS attack resulting from engaging a provider offering malicious services to attack the computerized device using the DDoS attack; obtaining, by the computerized device, values of parameters of the DDoS attack that are indicative of origin and methodology of the attack; and providing, by the computerized device, defensive actions to the server hosting the website for preventing future DDoS attacks based on the values of the parameters obtained; wherein engaging the provider includes, prior to recording the DDoS attack: the computer includes an IP address that is different from an IP address of the computerized device to be attacked; and wherein searching the external network by the computer for advertisements by websites offering to commit DDoS attacks further includes the computer using a different IP address from IP addresses of the server hosting the website and the computerized device.