Patents by Inventor SOURCEFIRE, INC.

SOURCEFIRE, INC. 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING NETWORK BLOCKS TO SENSORS
    Publication number: 20130173790
    Abstract: A system includes a processor device. The processor device is configured to detect a physical topology of a network comprising hosts and sensors in the network. The processor device is also configured to generate a sensor policy for assignment of the sensors to network blocks of the hosts, that balances a processing load and accuracy of the sensors in the network based on physical closeness of the sensors to different divisions of hosts within a same network block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SOURCEFIRE, INC.
    Inventor: SOURCEFIRE, INC.