System and method of reducing data corruption due to recycled IP indentification numbers
First Claim
1. A method of reducing data corruption due to recycled Internet Protocol (IP) identification numbers comprising the steps of:
- determining whether packets are to be divided into fragments;
determining, if packets are to be divided into fragments, whether IP identification numbers are being recycled; and
setting a size of a first fragment of a packet to a maximum transmission unit (MTU), if the IP identification numbers are recycling and decrementing the size of the first fragment of a packet each time the IP identification numbers recycle.
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Abstract
A system and method of reducing data corruption due to recycled Internet Protocol (IP) identification numbers are provided. When IP packets are being fragmented and the IP identification number of the packets is cycling through a specific group of numbers, the size of the first fragment of a packet is decremented each time the IP identification cycles through the numbers. Initially, the size of the first fragment of a packet will be set to a maximum number. This size will be decremented at each pass of the IP identification through the numbers until the size of the first fragment of a packet reaches a pre-defined minimum size. When that occurs, the size of the first fragment of a packet will again be set to the maximum number. By decrementing the size of the first fragment, fragment offset of the other fragments that make up the packet will be changing. This then reduces the likelihood of having two fragments having the same IP identification number be mistaken as being from the same packet.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of reducing data corruption due to recycled Internet Protocol (IP) identification numbers comprising the steps of:
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determining whether packets are to be divided into fragments;
determining, if packets are to be divided into fragments, whether IP identification numbers are being recycled; and
setting a size of a first fragment of a packet to a maximum transmission unit (MTU), if the IP identification numbers are recycling and decrementing the size of the first fragment of a packet each time the IP identification numbers recycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for reducing data corruption due to recycled Internet Protocol (IP) identification numbers comprising:
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code means for determining whether packets are to be divided into fragments;
code means for determining, if packets are to be divided into fragments, whether IP identification numbers are being recycled; and
code means for setting a size of a first fragment of a packet to a maximum transmission unit (MTU) if the IP identification numbers are recycling and decrementing the size of the first fragment of a packet each time the IP identification numbers recycle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for reducing data corruption due to recycled Internet Protocol (IP) identification numbers comprising:
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at least one storage system for storing code data; and
at least one processor for processing the code data to determine whether packets are to be divided into fragments, to determine, if packets are to be divided into fragments, whether IP identification numbers are being recycled, and to set a size of a first fragment of a packet to a maximum transmission unit (MTU) if the IP identification numbers are recycling and decrementing the size of the first fragment of a packet each time the IP identification numbers recycle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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