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Method and apparatus for virtualizing a locally initiated outbound connection from a connection manager

  • US 6,445,704 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of virtualizing a locally initiated outbound connection from a physical machine used to implement a virtual machine comprising:

  • providing a virtual machine object having a virtual IP address that corresponds to the virtual machine wherein inbound connections directed to the virtual machine are handled by the physical machine having a physical machine IP address;

    providing a static physical machine object wherein the static physical machine object contains the virtual IP address and the physical machine IP address;

    intercepting a SYN packet for an outbound connection having a SYN packet source IP address that corresponds to the physical machine IP address and a packet destination address that corresponds to a foreign IP address;

    determining that the packet source IP address matches the physical machine IP address; and

    creating a connection object for handling outbound connections from the physical machine IP address.

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