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Detecting and protecting claimable non-existent domains

Grant US12580927B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Inventors

Ruian Duan, Zhanhao Chen, Janos Szurdi, Daiping Liu

Abstract

Techniques for detecting and protecting claimable non-existent domains are disclosed. A system, process, and/or computer program product for detecting and protecting claimable non-existent domains includes monitoring network activity using a network security device, detecting that a session is querying a claimable non-existent domain using a domain name system (DNS) security service, and performing an action in response to the session querying the claimable non-existent domain.

CPC Classifications

H04L 63/1416 H04L 63/0263 H04L 63/1425 H04L 63/0236 H04L 61/4511 H04L 63/1408

Filing Date

2023-07-31

Application No.

18228357

Claims

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