Method for identifying the transmission control protocol stack of a connection
US7991008B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/161
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for identifying the TCP stack type of a transmitting node is disclosed in which a SYN packet is identified by the setting of the SYN bit in the packet. Following the identification of a set SYN bit in the SYN packet, the content of the data field includes a code to identify the TCP stack type associated with the node that transmitted the SYN packet.
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