Patents by Inventor William Michael Hudson, JR.

William Michael Hudson, JR. 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).

  • Patent number: 11570166
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network observes traffic between a client and a server for an encrypted session. The device makes a determination that a server certificate should be obtained from the server. The device, based on the determination, sends a handshake probe to the server. The device extracts server certificate information from a handshake response from the server that the server sent in response to the handshake probe. The device uses the extracted server certificate information to analyze the traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Subharthi Paul, William Michael Hudson, Jr., Philip Ryan Perricone
  • Publication number: 20220300330
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method comprises monitoring a request for use of memory requested by a container manager application on behalf of a given one of a plurality of containers during runtime of the given container. The method further comprises determining that the request for use of memory has caused an exception. The exception indicates that the request has requested an invalid operation on a memory table or that the request has requested a previously not seen memory table. In response, the method further comprises determining an action to perform. The action depends on both first trustworthiness information associated with the given container and second trustworthiness information associated with the given container. The first trustworthiness information is obtained from a Third Party Reputation Service (TPRS). The second trustworthiness information is obtained based on monitoring the runtime behavior of the given container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: John David White, Steven Joseph Rich, William Michael Hudson, JR., Chris Allen Shenefiel
  • Patent number: 11316780
    Abstract: A verifier peer system transmits a request to an application of another peer system to obtain integrity data of the application. In response to the request, the verifier peer system obtains a response that includes kernel secure boot metrics of the other peer system and integrity data of the application and of any application dependencies. If the verifier peer system determines that the response is valid, the verifier peer system evaluates the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics against a set of Known Good Values to determine whether the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics are valid. If the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics are valid, the verifier peer system determines that the other peer system is trustworthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Jakob Heitz, William Michael Hudson, Jr., Eric Voit
  • Publication number: 20210306256
    Abstract: A verifier peer system transmits a request to an application of another peer system to obtain integrity data of the application. In response to the request, the verifier peer system obtains a response that includes kernel secure boot metrics of the other peer system and integrity data of the application and of any application dependencies. If the verifier peer system determines that the response is valid, the verifier peer system evaluates the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics against a set of Known Good Values to determine whether the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics are valid. If the integrity data and the kernel secure boot metrics are valid, the verifier peer system determines that the other peer system is trustworthy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Jakob Heitz, William Michael Hudson, JR., Eric Voit
  • Publication number: 20200244648
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network observes traffic between a client and a server for an encrypted session. The device makes a determination that a server certificate should be obtained from the server. The device, based on the determination, sends a handshake probe to the server. The device extracts server certificate information from a handshake response from the server that the server sent in response to the handshake probe. The device uses the extracted server certificate information to analyze the traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Subharthi Paul, William Michael Hudson, JR., Philip Ryan Perricone
  • Patent number: 10666640
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network observes traffic between a client and a server for an encrypted session. The device makes a determination that a server certificate should be obtained from the server. The device, based on the determination, sends a handshake probe to the server. The device extracts server certificate information from a handshake response from the server that the server sent in response to the handshake probe. The device uses the extracted server certificate information to analyze the traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Subharthi Paul, William Michael Hudson, Jr., Philip Ryan Perricone
  • Publication number: 20190190961
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network observes traffic between a client and a server for an encrypted session. The device makes a determination that a server certificate should be obtained from the server. The device, based on the determination, sends a handshake probe to the server. The device extracts server certificate information from a handshake response from the server that the server sent in response to the handshake probe. The device uses the extracted server certificate information to analyze the traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Subharthi Paul, William Michael Hudson, JR., Philip Ryan Perricone