Patents by Inventor John BOSCO

John BOSCO 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).

  • Systems, devices, and methods for providing improved network security
    Patent number: 10735378
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, computer readable media, devices, and computer-implemented methods for providing improved network security by receiving a network packet, applying a filter rule in a first instance of a distributed reputation database to the network packet, determining, using a network interface card with a field programmable gate array, to drop or modify the network packet based on the applying, and transmitting reputation data to a security control center that includes a second instance of the distributed reputation database, where the reputation data includes information corresponding to the network packet that was dropped or modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: John Bosco, Kenneth Ryan, Dow Summers
  • Data plane packet processing tool chain
    Patent number: 10454893
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a data plane processing tool chain for processing packets that can use OSI layers 4 and above in the data plane without using a hypervisor. The disclosure has multiple processing capabilities, including: packet filtering, resolving DNS packets, generating packets, packet forwarding, performing DNS look up, time-stamping DNS packets, writing packets to disk, load-balancing, and protecting against DDOS attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: John Bosco, Dow Summers, Kenneth Ryan
  • DATA PLANE PACKET PROCESSING TOOL CHAIN
    Publication number: 20170034126
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a data plane processing tool chain for processing packets that can use OSI layers 4 and above in the data plane without using a hypervisor. The disclosure has multiple processing capabilities, including: packet filtering, resolving DNS packets, generating packets, packet forwarding, performing DNS look up, time-stamping DNS packets, writing packets to disk, load-balancing, and protecting against DDOS attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: John Bosco, Dow Summers, Kenneth Ryan
  • Data plane packet processing tool chain
    Patent number: 9473455
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a data plane processing tool chain for processing packets that can use OSI layers 4 and above in the data plane without using a hypervisor. The disclosure has multiple processing capabilities, including: packet filtering, resolving DNS packets, generating packets, packet forwarding, performing DNS look up, time-stamping DNS packets, writing packets to disk, load-balancing, and protecting against DDOS attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: John Bosco, Dow Summers, Kenneth Ryan
  • DATA PLANE PACKET PROCESSING TOOL CHAIN
    Publication number: 20130007880
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a data plane processing tool chain for processing packets that can use OSI layers 4 and above in the data plane without using a hypervisor. The disclosure has multiple processing capabilities, including: packet filtering, resolving DNS packets, generating packets, packet forwarding, performing DNS look up, time-stamping DNS packets, writing packets to disk, load-balancing, and protecting against DDOS attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: John BOSCO, Dow SUMMERS, Kenneth RYAN