Third party host packet replication
US6467041B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer network and network client where the network client includes a nonvolatile storage device for storing a packet replication indicator and a third party host identifier. The client further includes means for modifying the state of the packet replication indicator and the third party host identifier. The client has means for initiating a boot code sequence stored on a client boot code storage device. If the client detects a specified state of the packet replication indicator, the boot code sequence establishes a communication socket with a third party host identified by the third party host identifier and forwards copies or replicates of packets that are exchanged between the network client and a network server. In one embodiment the packets are replicated to the third party host until the boot sequence terminates. The third party host identifier is preferably comprised of an IP address portion and a third party host port identifier portion. In one embodiment, the means for modifying the packet replication indicator is invoked through a user interface that is produced in response to a specified input sequence during execution of the boot sequence. The boot code sequence may…
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