Optimistic processing of network frames to reduce latency

A method of processing information in a computer network, comprising:

• responsive to receiving a request for data from a client connected to the network, parsing the request into a network portion and a data portion;
• processing the network portion to verify the integrity of the request while processing the data portion to retrieve the requested data;
• and
• responsive to verifying the network portion, sending the requested data to the client.

A data processing network, comprising:

• a client attached to the network and configured to issue a request for data over the network;
• and
• a server attached to the network and configured to receive the request, the server including:
• a parser configured to identify a network portion of the request and a data portion of the request;
• a verifier configured to receive the network portion of the request identified by the parser and, responsive thereto, to verify the integrity of the request;
• an application program configured to receive the data portion of the request identified by the parser and, responsive thereto, to retrieve the requested data;
• and
• wherein the server is configured to execute the parser and the application program simultaneously and further wherein the server is configured to abort the retrieval of the requested data responsive to detecting a fault in the network portion.