Patent ID: 8745195
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining a number of queries that a Domain Name System (DNS) server has received during a particular period of time for resolving a name associated with an alternate web server that has been designated as an alternate to a primary web server, into a network address associated with the alternate web server; determining that the number of queries that the DNS server has received during the particular period of time for resolving the name associated with the alternate web server that has been designated as an alternate to the primary web server, into the network address associated with the alternate web server, satisfies a threshold; and determining, based at least on determining that the number of queries that the DNS server has received during the particular period of time for resolving the name associated with the alternate web server that has been designated as an alternate to the primary web server, into the network address associated with the alternate web server, satisfies the threshold, that