METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRUS THROTTLING WITH RATE LIMITING

摘要

A method for traffic control of a network device in a network are disclosed. The network device determines potentially malicious behavior by a host device in the network. A permissible rate of traffic from the host device through a port of the network device is reduced in response to determining the potentially malicious behavior. A rate of traffic through the port of the network device is measured. The measured traffic rate is compared with a threshold rate. The permissible rate of traffic is adjusted based on the comparison.