Host posing network device and method thereof
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first indication from a host device that a first port of the host device has been reserved for a network device;
posing as the host device at the network device in response to receiving the first indication.
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Abstract
A method for receiving a first indication from a host device is comprised. The device is a first port of the host device that has been reserved fro a network device. The method also poses as the host device at the network device in response to a receipt of the first indication.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first indication from a host device that a first port of the host device has been reserved for a network device; posing as the host device at the network device in response to receiving the first indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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11. A method, comprising:
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opening a first socket at the host device; transmitting a program module to the network device via the first socket, the program module to be executed at the network device; and receiving a first message from a client device at a second socket of the host device, the first message sent by the network device.
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20. A network device, comprising:
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a first socket configured to receive messages from a host device; a second socket configured to receive messages from a client device; a processor module configured to intercept a first message from the client device targeted to a first port of the host device in response to an indication received via the first socket that the first port has been reserved for the network device.
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