Patent ID: 8286244
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computing device, comprising: resources including at least one Central Processing Unit, wherein the computing device is to communicate over a network with a rate limiting system configured to use at least one filtering rule to intercept and control a rate of data packets directed from a source to said computing device; and a module to use at least one threshold parameter for identifying a data flood condition, said at least one threshold parameter being a function of the resources of said computing device, and said module being configured to respond to incoming data packets received via said rate limiting system that cause said at least one threshold parameter to be breached by generating event data, generating feedback data based on said event data, and transmitting said feedback data to said rate limiting system; wherein transmission of said feedback data to said rate limiting system is to cause said rate limiting system to modify the at least one filtering rule according to said feedback data.