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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBryan Sokolik, Jeffrey Erman, Herani Soewarto Brotman
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Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture disclosed herein can be used to identify an internet domain to which an encrypted network communication is targeted. A disclosed method includes collecting a plurality of unencrypted communications with a domain name server, and identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, network traffic patterns associated with the unencrypted communication based on a combination of routing information, internet protocol flow data, and internet transactions associated with the plurality of unencrypted communications with the domain name server. An example disclosed method further includes determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, and based on the network traffic patterns associated with the unencrypted communications, the internet domain to which the encrypted communication is to be delivered.
A method to identify an internet domain to which an encrypted network communication is targeted, the method comprising:
An apparatus to identify an internet domain associated with an encrypted network communication, comprising:
A tangible computer readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations including:
The tangible computer readable storage device 15, the operations further including, based on the plurality of unencrypted network communications, mapping internet protocol addresses obtained from domain server requests included in the unencrypted network communications to domain names obtained from corresponding domain server responses included in the unencrypted network communications.
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