Systems and methods for securing network traffic

A computing system for altering data transmission in network packets to reduce the likelihood of transmitting unwanted data, the computing system comprising:

• at least one computing processor;
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• memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one computing processor, enable the computing system to execute a method comprising:
• receiving a plurality of packets;
• filtering the packets to identify at least one outbound packet, the at least one outbound packet comprising a packet being transmitted from a first computing device to a second computing device, the first computing device located inside a network, the second computing device located external to the network, the outbound packet comprising a payload;
• redirecting outbound packets to a server based on the filtering;
• extracting outbound packet information from each redirected outbound packet, the extracted outbound packet information comprising at least packet control information;
• identifying a packet type based on a protocol associated with each redirected outbound packet;
• identifying a packet parameter associated with each redirected outbound packet based on the packet type;
• generating a second packet for each redirected outbound packet, the second packet being of the same packet type as the redirected outbound packet and having the same packet control information, wherein generating the second packet comprises generating and storing a second payload known to be safe in the second packet, the second payload generated based on the packet parameter;
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• transmitting the second packet for routing to the second computing device in accordance with the packet control information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor enable the processor to execute a method for altering data transmission in network packets to reduce the likelihood of transmitting unwanted data, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of packets;
• filtering the packets to identify at least one outbound packet, the at least one outbound packet comprising a packet being transmitted from a first computing device to a second computing device, the first computing device located inside a network, the second computing device located external to the network, the outbound packet comprising a payload;
• redirecting outbound packets to a server based on the filtering;
• extracting outbound packet information from each redirected outbound packet, the extracted outbound packet information comprising at least packet control information;
• identifying a packet type based on a protocol associated with each redirected outbound packet;
• identifying a packet parameter associated with each redirected outbound packet based on the packet type;
• generating a second packet for each redirected outbound packet, the second packet being of the same packet type as the redirected outbound packet and having the same packet control information, wherein generating the second packet comprises generating and storing a second payload known to be safe in the second packet, the second payload generated based on the packet parameter;
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• transmitting the second packet for routing to the second computing device in accordance with the packet control information.