Invention Grant
- Patent Title: FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) routes optimization in SDWAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Networking)
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Application No.: US17521814Application Date: 2021-11-08
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Publication No.: US11546291B1Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Kun Yu , Yanheng Wei
- Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Law Office Of Dorian Cartwright
- Agent Dorian Cartwright
- Main IPC: H04L12/725
- IPC: H04L12/725 ; H04L12/717 ; H04L12/721 ; H04L61/4511 ; H04L61/5007 ; H04L61/5046 ; H04L67/56

Abstract:
A DNS (Domain Name Server) proxy is configured as a DNS server for clients on the enterprise network to send two or more DNS queries to collect each available IP addresses on a SDWAN member link. IP address collection can be responsive to receiving a DNS request from a client for assigning a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). Service quality can be evaluated for the service on each member link of the IP addresses. An IP address is assigned to the client based on the service quality evaluation. A notification is transmitted to the client in a DNS response to the IP address request, with the chosen IP address information for configuration.
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