Patents by Inventor Damodar Jayram Banodkar

Damodar Jayram Banodkar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Enhanced internal host detection protocol
    Patent number: 12621343
    Abstract: Techniques for an enhanced internal host detection protocol are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, a process, and/or a computer program product for an enhanced internal host detection protocol includes sending a response to a get configuration query from a portal for a cloud security service to an endpoint agent; routing a DNS reverse lookup query to a predetermined IP address associated with a DNS proxy associated with the cloud security service; sending a response to the DNS reverse lookup query from the DNS proxy associated with the cloud security service; and verifying that the response to the DNS reverse lookup query is not spoofed based on a match with the response to the get configuration query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiyuan Zhong, Remy Ouaini, Tripti Agarwal, Pratiksha Jain, Jose Carlos Sagrero Dominguez, Hao Long, Tao Lin, Damodar Jayram Banodkar, Vinod Kumar Balasubramanyam
  • ENHANCED INTERNAL HOST DETECTION PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20250211612
    Abstract: Techniques for an enhanced internal host detection protocol are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, a process, and/or a computer program product for an enhanced internal host detection protocol includes sending a response to a get configuration query from a portal for a cloud security service to an endpoint agent; routing a DNS reverse lookup query to a predetermined IP address associated with a DNS proxy associated with the cloud security service; sending a response to the DNS reverse lookup query from the DNS proxy associated with the cloud security service; and verifying that the response to the DNS reverse lookup query is not spoofed based on a match with the response to the get configuration query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Jiyuan Zhong, Remy Ouaini, Tripti Agarwal, Pratiksha Jain, Jose Carlos Sagrero Dominguez, Hao Long, Tao Lin, Damodar Jayram Banodkar, Vinod Kumar Balasubramanyam