Managing domain name abuse

Abstract

A method for providing an abuse sentry service for responding to domain name abuse is described. The method comprises the following steps. A plurality of disparate abuse feeds is received, each comprising data relating to a subset of potential domain name abuse. Filters are applied to the data to create a custom abuse feed. Data from the custom abuse feed is grouped based on priority levels. For each of the groups, one or more corresponding workflows are executed as a response to the potential domain name abuse. A computer readable medium including instructions for implementing the method is also described.

What is claim is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing an abuse sentry service for responding to domain name abuse, comprising the steps of:
 receiving, at a computer, a plurality of disparate abuse feeds, each abuse feed comprising data relating to a particular subset of potential domain name abuse;   applying one or more filters to the data to create a custom abuse feed;   grouping the filtered data from the custom abuse feed into groups of data based on priority levels;   for each of the groups of data, executing one or more corresponding workflows as a response to the potential domain name abuse.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the filters are predefined, customized or a combination thereof 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , each of the plurality disparate abuse feeds has an associated reliability level. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the reliability level is assigned by an abuse service generating the abuse feed, a trusted third party, the abuse sentry service or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution by a computing device, which when executed cause the computing device to implement the steps of:
 receiving a plurality of disparate abuse feeds, each abuse feed comprising data relating to particular subset of potential domain name abuse;   applying one or more filters to the data to create a custom abuse feed;   grouping the filtered data from the custom abuse feed into groups of data based on priority levels;   for each of the groups of data, executing one or more corresponding workflows as a response to the potential domain name abuse.