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Method and apparatus for transparently proxying a connection

  • US 7,136,359 B1
  • Filed: 06/11/2004
  • Issued: 11/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for transparently proxying a connection, comprising:

  • receiving a communication packet at a proxy device, the communication packet being sent from a source device and destined for a protected device, the source device not necessarily being aware that the communication packet is received at the proxy device;

    determining whether the communication packet is associated with a proxied connection between the source device and the protected device;

    forwarding the communication packet to the protected device in response to the communication packet being associated with a proxied connection;

    determining whether the communication packet is an initial connection packet generated by the source device in response to the communication packet not being associated with a proxied connection.

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