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Distributed network interfaces for application cloaking and spoofing

  • US 10,063,393 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2014
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A networking fabric device configured to interact with a networking fabric for facilitating communication between an application and a remote device, the networking fabric device comprising:

  • a network interface communicatively coupled with other networking fabric devices within the networking fabric that is configured to perform different roles within a communication stack distributed among the fabric devices, including the networking fabric device, within the networking fabric and between the application and the remote device; and

    a processor coupled with the network interface and programmed to;

    upon receiving a first set of instructions, configure the network fabric device to perform a first set of roles associated with a first layer of the communication stack, and to communicate with a second networking fabric device operating as part of the communication stack according to the first set of roles;

    upon receiving a second set of instructions, reconfigure the network fabric device to perform a second set of roles associated with a second different layer of the communication stack, and to communicate with a third networking fabric device operating as part of the communication stack according to the second set of roles; and

    upon receiving the first set of instructions, configure the networking fabric device as a first interface module of the application that responds to at least a first portion of the application'"'"'s network address by updating incoming packets to transmit to the application through a first set of nodes within the networking fabric via the network interface in a manner where the first interface module is transparent to the remote device.

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