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Revealing address information in systems where network address translations occur

US8914873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SSH Communications Security OYJ · FI

Inventors

Tero Kivinen · Helsinki, FI
Tatu J. Ylonen · Espoo, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2013
Grant date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/663
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media are presented that provide a configuration for communicating by a computer device with another computer device wherein network address translation that translate address information in packet headers can occur between the computer devices, and revealing, by the computer device to the other computer device, address information as seen by the computer device on its side of the network address translation, by including in a payload of a packet transmitted to the other computer device, an encoding of the address information as seen by the computer device.

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