Patents by Inventor Markus G. Kuhn

Markus G. Kuhn 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).

  • Network protection for denial of service attacks
    Patent number: 6725378
    Abstract: An active monitor detects and classifies messages transmitted on a network. In one form, the monitor includes a routine for classifying TCP packet source addresses as being of an acceptable, unacceptable, or suspect type. Suspect source addresses may be further processed in accordance with a state machine having a number of conditionally linked states including a good address state, a new address state, and a bad address state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Christoph L. Schuba, Ivan V. Krsul, Diego Zamboni, Eugene H. Spafford, Aurobindo M. Sundaram, Markus G. Kuhn