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TRANSPARENT MIDDLEBOX WITH GRACEFUL CONNECTION ENTRY AND EXIT

  • US 20140040457A1
  • Filed: 08/07/2012
  • Published: 02/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A middlebox, comprising:

  • a network monitoring module configured to monitor network state information in a network connection between a client device and a server device;

    a processor configured to determine that the connection between the client device and the server device is idle;

    a connection table configured to create a first connection entry at the middlebox for the client device and a second connection entry at the middlebox for the server device, where the first and second connection entries are initialized using state information gathered by the network monitoring module; and

    a network control module configured to activate redirection of the network connection between the client device and the server device to the middlebox, such that the middlebox mediates the connection between the client device and the server device.

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