Apparatus and methods for managing content delivery in a packetized network. In one embodiment, the network provide content to a plurality of clients via a plurality of nodes and origin points, and resources are discreetly represented (e.g., with IP addresses, such as those afforded under the IPv6 protocol) to allows for direct advertisement of resources. Exemplary solutions described herein further advantageously leverage extant architectures and protocols (such as BGP), and make use of a common control plane, which can be utilized for example by different content delivery network (CDN) operators and different delivery components to advertise resources. Internally within a given CDN, increased granularity of resource addressing and advertisement may provide benefits including: (i) resource affinity; (ii) resource-level balancing; (iii) dynamic resource scoping; and (iv) “zero-touch” provisioning and resource relocation.

Apparatus and methods for managing content delivery in a packetized network. In one embodiment, the network provide content to a plurality of clients via a plurality of nodes and origin points, and resources are discreetly represented (e.g., with IP addresses, such as those afforded under the IPv6 protocol) to allows for direct advertisement of resources. Exemplary solutions described herein further advantageously leverage extant architectures and protocols (such as BGP), and make use of a common control plane, which can be utilized for example by different content delivery network (CDN) operators and different delivery components to advertise resources. Internally within a given CDN, increased granularity of resource addressing and advertisement may provide benefits including: (i) resource affinity; (ii) resource-level balancing; (iii) dynamic resource scoping; and (iv) “zero-touch” provisioning and resource relocation.

A computer network optimization methodology is disclosed. In a computer-implemented method, components of a computing environment are automatically monitored, and have a feature selection analysis performed thereon. Provided the feature selection analysis determines that features of the components are in frequent communication and generating network latency. Provided the feature selection analysis determines that features of the components are not well defined, a similarity analysis of the features is performed. Results of the feature selection methodology are generated, and the components involved in the network traffic latency are reassigned to migrate the latency.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for detecting abnormal behavior of device in an enterprise network based on an analysis of behavioral information of the device's neighbors in network. At a high level, embodiments of the present disclosure employ a hive-mind approach to determine anomalous behavior of a device in a network based on analyzing behavior information reported by neighboring devices within the network. Embodiments identify that a device is alive and connected within the network based on multiple neighboring devices reporting behavioral information about the device; however, the device may be dysfunctional and failing to report its own information. By aggregating and analyzing behavioral information of a device based on the reporting information of its neighboring devices, embodiments of the present disclosure are able to determine whether a device is healthy even when the device is unable to report its own information.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for detecting abnormal behavior of device in an enterprise network based on an analysis of behavioral information of the device's neighbors in network. At a high level, embodiments of the present disclosure employ a hive-mind approach to determine anomalous behavior of a device in a network based on analyzing behavior information reported by neighboring devices within the network. Embodiments identify that a device is alive and connected within the network based on multiple neighboring devices reporting behavioral information about the device; however, the device may be dysfunctional and failing to report its own information. By aggregating and analyzing behavioral information of a device based on the reporting information of its neighboring devices, embodiments of the present disclosure are able to determine whether a device is healthy even when the device is unable to report its own information.

Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for configuring a service based architecture for discovery of a Network Function, NF. A method in a Network Function Discovery Orchestration includes configuring, in a domain name system, DNS, a first DNS entry associating a first domain name of the NF with at least one NF Internet Protocol, IP, address of the NF, and a second DNS entry associating the first domain name with at least one edge security node IP address of an edge security node in the first PLMN, wherein, the first DNS entry is for use in resolving requests for the NF which originate from within the first PLMN, and the second DNS entry is for use in resolving requests for the NF which originate from outside the first PLMN. Further methods and apparatus in a Network Repository Function, a Domain Name System and an edge security node are also provided.

Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for configuring a service based architecture for discovery of a Network Function, NF. A method in a Network Function Discovery Orchestration includes configuring, in a domain name system, DNS, a first DNS entry associating a first domain name of the NF with at least one NF Internet Protocol, IP, address of the NF, and a second DNS entry associating the first domain name with at least one edge security node IP address of an edge security node in the first PLMN, wherein, the first DNS entry is for use in resolving requests for the NF which originate from within the first PLMN, and the second DNS entry is for use in resolving requests for the NF which originate from outside the first PLMN. Further methods and apparatus in a Network Repository Function, a Domain Name System and an edge security node are also provided.

Described embodiments provide for routing remote application data. A device can receive a request to access an application. The application can be provided by data centers and accessible via service providers. The device can select a data center from the plurality of data centers and a service provider based at least on a metric indicative of a connection between the data center and the service provider. The device can query a database including one or more connection metrics using the application identified in the request and a location of a router transmitting the request. The device can determine the location of the router based on an internet protocol (IP) address of a client communicably coupled to the router. The device can transmit a response to the request identifying the selected data center and the selected service provider.

Described embodiments provide for routing remote application data. A device can receive a request to access an application. The application can be provided by data centers and accessible via service providers. The device can select a data center from the plurality of data centers and a service provider based at least on a metric indicative of a connection between the data center and the service provider. The device can query a database including one or more connection metrics using the application identified in the request and a location of a router transmitting the request. The device can determine the location of the router based on an internet protocol (IP) address of a client communicably coupled to the router. The device can transmit a response to the request identifying the selected data center and the selected service provider.

Disclosed is an effective domain name defense solution in which a domain name string may be provided to or obtained by a computer embodying a visual domain analyzer. The domain name string may be rendered or otherwise converted to an image. An optical character recognition function may be applied to the image to read out a text string which can then be compared with a protected domain name to determine whether the text string generated by the optical character recognition function from the image converted from the domain name string is similar to or matches the protected domain name. This visual domain analysis can be dynamically applied in an online process or proactively applied in an offline process to hundreds of millions of domain names.