Detecting adverse network conditions for a third-party network site

摘要

A network protection service for providing protective assistance to a subscribing host is presented. The network protection service is configured determine a set of rules for filtering network traffic for a subscribing host. The network protection service is further configured to receive network traffic on behalf of the subscribing host, filter the received network traffic according to the set of rules, and forward a portion of the filtered network traffic to the subscribing host. Still further, the network protection service is configured to analyze the received network traffic via the analysis server, and refine the set of rules for filtering the received network traffic based on the analysis of the received network traffic by the analysis server.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more memories; one or more computing devices of an online network protection service; and one or more modules that are stored on the one or more memories and that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to provide functionality of the online network protection service to assist a plurality of clients of the online network protection service, the providing of the functionality of the online network protection service including:
establishing, based on one or more electronic communications sent over one or more computer networks to the online network protection service, a relationship with a subscribing host system as one of the plurality of clients of the online network protection service, including using supplied information for the subscribing host system to determine an agreed-upon level of protective assistance for the online network protection service to provide to the subscribing host system under specified conditions;determining, for the subscribing host system and based at least in part on the supplied information, a set of rules for filtering network traffic directed to the subscribing host system;causing, based at least in part on a determination that the specified conditions are satisfied, a subset of the network traffic directed to the subscribing host system to be rerouted to the one or more computing devices of the online network protection service instead of to the subscribing host system;filtering, by the one or more computing devices of the online network protection service and based at least in part on the agreed-upon level of protective assistance, the rerouted network traffic according to the set of rules;forwarding, by the one or more computing devices of the online network protection service, a portion of the filtered network traffic to the subscribing host system;analyzing the rerouted network traffic; andrefining the set of rules for filtering network traffic based on the analyzing of the rerouted network traffic.