Title:
NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTIVE NETWORK TRAFFIC DIVERSION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004081715
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A facility for diverting a network packet to a diverted destination is described (Fig. 1). The facility selects for diversion a network packet that has been submitted for delivery and whose delivery is not yet complete. The network packet has a destination address (1311), a destination port (1312), a source address (1511), and a source port (1512), all with initial values. In the network packet, the facility: substitutes the initial value of the destination port in the source port; substitutes an address for the diverted destination in the destination address; and substitutes a port for the diverted destination in the destination port. After the substitution, the facility releases the network packet for delivery to the diverted destination.
Inventors:
BAUCH DAVID JAMES (US)
RYD WARREN DAVID (US)
RYD WARREN DAVID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/006401
Publication Date:
June 30, 2005
Filing Date:
March 03, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HYPERSPACE COMMUNICATIONS INC (US)
BAUCH DAVID JAMES (US)
RYD WARREN DAVID (US)
BAUCH DAVID JAMES (US)
RYD WARREN DAVID (US)
International Classes:
H04L29/06; H04L29/08; (IPC1-7): G06F15/16
Foreign References:
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| US20020186698A1 | 2002-12-12 |
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