Network security agent
AssigneeRadiflow Ltd.
InventorsYehonatan Kfir, Ilan Barda
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A network apparatus comprising: a packet payload compressor (PPC) operable to: receive a packet copied from a network, the packet comprising a source, destination, and a payload; extract a value of a field comprised in the payload; provide a computed value of the field based on the source and destination of the packet; compare the extracted value and the computed value; and compress the field if the extracted value is the same as the computed value, and a traffic shaper operable to transmit a compressed packet comprising the compressed field.
Claims20
A network apparatus comprising:
- a packet payload compressor (PPC) operable to:
- receive a packet copied from a network, the packet comprising a source, destination, and a payload;
- extract a value of a field comprised in the payload;
- provide a computed value of the field based on the source and destination of the packet;
- compare the extracted value and the computed value;
- and
- compress the field if the extracted value is the same as the computed value, and
- a traffic shaper operable to transmit a compressed packet comprising the compressed field.
A method for evaluating and compressing a packet, the method comprising:
- receiving a copy of a packet being propagated through a network, the packet comprising a source, destination, and a payload;
- extracting a value of a field in the payload;
- providing a computed value of the field based on the source and destination of the packet;
- comparing the extracted value with the computed value;
- compressing the field if the extracted value is the same as the computed value;
- and
- transmitting a compressed packet comprising the compressed field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.