Dynamic translational topology layer for enabling connectivity for protocol aware applications

A method for enabling connectivity for protocol aware applications across different network topologies comprising:

• receiving frames passing between a first network having a first network topology and a second network having a second network topology;
• inspecting an incoming one of said frames to identify a remote resource in said second network and a remote resource identifier corresponding to said remote resource;
• inspecting an outgoing one of said frames to identify a socket assigned to a local resource in said first network and a local resource identifier for said local resource corresponding to said socket;
• transmitting data from a protocol-aware application in said first network to said remote resource in said second network in a protocol consistent with said second network topology;
• and
• transmitting data from said remote resource in said second network to said protocol-aware application in said first network in a protocol consistent with said first network topology.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer usable program code stored therein for enabling connectivity for protocol aware applications across different network topologies, said computer usable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform

• receiving frames passing between a first network having a first network topology and a second network having a second network topology;
• inspecting an incoming one of said frames to identify a remote resource in said second network and a device identifier corresponding to said remote resource;
• inspecting an outgoing one of said frames to identify a socket assigned to a local resource in said first network and a device identifier for said local resource corresponding to said socket;
• transmitting data from a protocol-aware application in said first network to said remote resource in said second network in a protocol consistent with said second network topology;
• and
• transmitting data from said remote resource in said second network to said protocol-aware application in said first network in a protocol consistent with said first network topology.