Patents by Inventor Mark Heyns

Mark Heyns 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).

  • Publication number: 20240348643
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein manage server connection resets based on domain name server (DNS) information. In one implementation, a firewall may receive a reverse DNS request from a computing system and communicate a request to a DNS security service to determine whether a destination associated with the reverse DNS request is malicious. The firewall further receives a response from the DNS security service that indicates that the destination is malicious and, when the response indicates that the destination is malicious, communicates a reset command to the destination to reset a connection between the destination and the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Publication number: 20240236035
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables detection of domain hijacking when a DNS resolver is performing a DNS lookup. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a DNS request from a requesting computing system. The DNS request includes a domain name for which the requesting computing system is requesting resolution of a network address associated with the domain name in the DNS. The method further provides, in response to receiving the DNS request, identifying a nameserver, via a root nameserver of the DNS, to handle the DNS request and determining the nameserver is not a proper nameserver for the domain name specifically. The proper nameserver is defined by nameserver criteria generated specifically for the domain name. The method also provides preventing the nameserver from being used to resolve the DNS request in response to determining that the nameserver is not a proper nameserver for the domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Patent number: 12021891
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein manage server connection resets based on domain name server (DNS) information. In one implementation, a firewall may receive a reverse DNS request from a computing system and communicate a request to a DNS security service to determine whether a destination associated with the reverse DNS request is malicious. The firewall further receives a response from the DNS security service that indicates that the destination is malicious and, when the response indicates that the destination is malicious, communicates a reset command to the destination to reset a connection between the destination and the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HYAS Infosec Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Patent number: 11943196
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables detection of domain hijacking when a DNS resolver is performing a DNS lookup. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in response to a request to resolve a network address corresponding to a domain name, determining that a nameserver for the domain name is suspect based on satisfaction of nameserver criteria associated with the domain name. The method further includes preventing the nameserver from being used to resolve the request in response to determining that the nameserver is suspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HYAS Infosec Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Publication number: 20220182353
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein manage server connection resets based on domain name server (DNS) information. In one implementation, a firewall may receive a reverse DNS request from a computing system and communicate a request to a DNS security service to determine whether a destination associated with the reverse DNS request is malicious. The firewall further receives a response from the DNS security service that indicates that the destination is malicious and, when the response indicates that the destination is malicious, communicates a reset command to the destination to reset a connection between the destination and the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Publication number: 20220174031
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables detection of domain hijacking when a DNS resolver is performing a DNS lookup. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in response to a request to resolve a network address corresponding to a domain name, determining that a nameserver for the domain name is suspect based on satisfaction of nameserver criteria associated with the domain name. The method further includes preventing the nameserver from being used to resolve the request in response to determining that the nameserver is suspect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Patent number: 9337273
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided comprising a bilayer graphene comprising a first and a second adjacent graphene layer, and a first electrically insulating layer contacting the first graphene layer, the first electrically insulating layer comprising an electrically insulating material, and a substance suitable for creating free charge carriers of a first type in the first graphene layer, the semiconductor device further comprising an electrically insulating region contacting the second graphene layer and suitable for creating free charge carriers of a second type, opposite to the first type, in the second graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Amirhasan Nourbakhsh, Mirco Cantoro, Cedric Huyghebaert, Mark Heyns, Stefan DeGendt
  • Patent number: 6153018
    Abstract: Process for rinsing a metallized substrate subject to metal microcorrosion using an acidic aqueous rinsing solution wherein the rinsing solution comprises at least one strong inorganic acid in an amount enough to reduce the alkalinity of the rinse solution to a level low enough to reduce microcorrosion of the said metal layer while rinsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum
    Inventors: Antonio L. P. Rotondaro, Rita Vos, Mark Heyns
  • Patent number: 5922624
    Abstract: Method for semiconductor processing comprising etching of oxide layers, especially etching thick SiO.sub.2 layers and/or last step in the cleaning process wherein the oxide layers are etched in the gas phase with a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and one or more carboxylic acids, eventually in admixture with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Steven Verhaverbeke, Mark Heyns, Menso Hendriks, Rene de Blank