US Patent 11870810 Host-based network socket security controls and telemetry

An electronic device includes a network communications interface, a processor, and a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to instantiate a set of processes; receive, over a network and via the network communications interface, a policy for network socket creation; receive, from the set of processes, a set of requests to create a first set of network sockets used to communicate over the network via the network communications interface; collect telemetry pertaining to a second set of network sockets used to communicate over the network via the network communications interface; allow or block creation of network sockets in the first set of network sockets, in accordance with the collected telemetry and the policy for network socket creation; and transmit at least part of the collected telemetry to a controller, over the network and via the network communications interface.