Patent ID: 8509106
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a system, an access control list from a set of access control lists; determining, by the system, a first threshold data rate associated with the identified access control list; determining if a rate of receipt, by the system of packets that match the access control list exceeds the first threshold data rate; in response to determining that the rate of receipt exceeds the first threshold data rate, rate-limiting a port, on which packets that match the access control list are received, to a preconfigured data rate for a preconfigured period of time; and after rate-limiting, for the preconfigured period of time, the port on which the packets that match the access control list are received, allowing packets that match the access control list to be processed through the port at a full data rate that exceeds the preconfigured data rate.