Patent ID: 9380072
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. One or more non-transitory computer readable media that include code for execution, wherein the code is executable by one or more processors to: detect, at a first node, a threat sent from a source node in a network, the network including at least a plurality of nodes having respective security modules; create, at the first node, a first firewall policy configured to block incoming network requests associated with a source address of the source node; broadcast an alert from the first node to the respective security modules of the plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the broadcast alert comprises the first firewall policy to be applied by the plurality of nodes; and communicate a second firewall policy to the source node based, at least in part, on determining whether the source node includes a firewall module, the second firewall policy to be applied by the source node to block outgoing network requests from the source node to any one or more of the plurality of nodes in the network.