MIMIC SUPPORT ADDRESS RESOLUTION
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Abstract
Mimicking network devices with a computing device having first and second network interface cards, the first network interface card connecting the computing device to an external network and the second network interface card connecting the computing device to a local network, including obtaining an IP address of a device on the local network, determining an IP address for the second network interface card based on the obtained IP address of the device on the local network, and assigning the determined IP address to the second network interface card.
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19 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method for mimicking network devices, the method being performed in a computing device having first and second network interface cards, the first network interface card connecting the computing device to an external network and the second network interface card connecting the computing device to a local network, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing a list of port identifiers corresponding to ports that are to be blocked; creating a gate rule for each port identifier in the accessed list, each gate rule for blocking an incoming message from the external network or the local network which contains the corresponding port identifier from being redirected to one of a plurality of applications hosted in the computing device; tracking a port identifier of a port opened by one of the plurality of applications; determining if the port identifier of the opened port is equal to a port identifier in a gate rule; and accessing, in the case that the port identifier of the opened port is equal to a port identifier of a gate rule, the gate rule and modifying the gate rule from a blocking rule to a redirect rule for redirecting an incoming message from the external network or the local network which contains the port identifier of the opened port to the application which opened the port. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for mimicking network devices, the method being performed in a computing device having first and second network interface cards, the first network interface card connecting the computing device to an external network and the second network interface card connecting the computing device to a local network, the method comprising the steps of:
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entering a transition state; enabling a block for incoming messages on the external network and on the local network so as to prevent said messages from being passed through the computing device or responded to by the computing device for a predetermined period of time; entering an active operational state; and removing the block for incoming messages on the external network and on the local network so as to allow said messages to be passed through the computing device or responded to by the computing device.
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19-21. -21. (canceled)
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