Method and apparatus for using out of band captured protocol traffic to facilitate in band traffic capturing
AssigneeLeCroy Corporation
InventorMichael Romm
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing electronic data are provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving an out of band data transmission and processing the out of band data transmission to retrieve a Connection Context Information key in substantially real time. Thereafter, an in band data transmission is received and processed employing the encryption key in substantially real time.
Claims20
A method for processing electronic data, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an out of band data transmission;
- processing the out of band data transmission to retrieve an encryption key in substantially real time;
- receiving an in band data transmission;
- and
- processing the in band data transmission employing the encryption key in substantially real time.
A system for processing electronic data, comprising:
- a first protocol analyzer for receiving an out of band data transmission, and for processing the out of band data transmission to retrieve an encryption key in substantially real time;
- and
- a second protocol analyzer for receiving an in band data transmission, and for processing the in band data transmission employing the encryption key in substantially real time.
A method for processing electronic data transmitted in accordance with a predefined transmission protocol, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an out of band data transmission transmitted in accordance with a secure wired data transmission protocol by a first protocol analyzer;
- acquiring the out of band data transmission by the first protocol analyzer to acquire the out of band data transmission;
- processing the acquired out of band data transmission by the first protocol analyzer to retrieve an encryption key in substantially real time;
- receiving an in band data transmission in accordance with a wireless data transmission protocol by a second protocol analyzer;
- receiving the encryption key from the first protocol analyzer by the second protocol analyzer in substantially real time;
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- acquiring the in band data transmission by the second protocol analyzer employing the encryption key in substantially real time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.