Patents by Inventor Juan Alcaide

Juan Alcaide 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).

  • BGP BLACKHOLE AND HIJACK MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20240163311
    Abstract: Techniques for mitigating BGP blackholes and hijackings are disclosed herein. The techniques include methods for determining, by a victim autonomous system (AS), that a first AS is associated with a first BGP route that includes the victim AS as the destination or as an AS along the first BGP route to the destination and sending a message to a second AS directing the second AS to refrain from using the first AS to propagate data to the victim AS. The message can include a set of one or more AS numbers to avoid in refraining from using to propagate data to the victim AS, a timestamp, an expiration interval, a signature of the victim AS, and an identifier identifying a certificate to be used to verify the signature. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jakob Heitz, Juan Alcaide
  • BGP blackhole and hijack mitigation
    Patent number: 11909763
    Abstract: Techniques for mitigating BGP blackholes and hijackings are disclosed herein. The techniques include methods for determining, by a victim autonomous system (AS), that a first AS is associated with a first BGP route that includes the victim AS as the destination or as an AS along the first BGP route to the destination and sending a message to a second AS directing the second AS to refrain from using the first AS to propagate data to the victim AS. The message can include a set of one or more AS numbers to avoid in refraining from using to propagate data to the victim AS, a timestamp, an expiration interval, a signature of the victim AS, and an identifier identifying a certificate to be used to verify the signature. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Heitz, Juan Alcaide
  • BGP BLACKHOLE AND HIJACK MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20220329621
    Abstract: Techniques for mitigating BGP blackholes and hijackings are disclosed herein. The techniques include methods for determining, by a victim autonomous system (AS), that a first AS is associated with a first BGP route that includes the victim AS as the destination or as an AS along the first BGP route to the destination and sending a message to a second AS directing the second AS to refrain from using the first AS to propagate data to the victim AS. The message can include a set of one or more AS numbers to avoid in refraining from using to propagate data to the victim AS, a timestamp, an expiration interval, a signature of the victim AS, and an identifier identifying a certificate to be used to verify the signature. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jakob Heitz, Juan Alcaide