Routing monitoring
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1. A routing monitor comprising:
- at least one communication tap, wherein each of said at least one communication taps is positioned in a line of communication between two routers;
a protocol emulator for reassembling routing protocol messages captured by said at least one communication tap and establishing a routing protocol session with a network monitoring device using said reassembled routing protocol messages; and
a transport protocol module in communication with said at least one communication tap,wherein said transport protocol module reassembles transport protocol messages captured by said at least one communication tap, andwherein said protocol emulator opens a transport protocol connection and establishes the routing protocol session with said network monitoring device using said reassembled transport protocol messages.
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Abstract
A routing monitor is disclosed comprising at least one communication tap, wherein each of the at least one communication taps is positioned in a line of communication between two routers and a protocol emulator for reassembling routing protocol messages captured by the at least one communication tap and opening a routing protocol connection with a network device using the reassembled routing protocol messages in response to a request for connection received from the network device.
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1. A routing monitor comprising:
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at least one communication tap, wherein each of said at least one communication taps is positioned in a line of communication between two routers; a protocol emulator for reassembling routing protocol messages captured by said at least one communication tap and establishing a routing protocol session with a network monitoring device using said reassembled routing protocol messages; and a transport protocol module in communication with said at least one communication tap, wherein said transport protocol module reassembles transport protocol messages captured by said at least one communication tap, and wherein said protocol emulator opens a transport protocol connection and establishes the routing protocol session with said network monitoring device using said reassembled transport protocol messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24)
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13. A method for monitoring routing information in a network comprising:
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tapping into a communication line between two network routers; replicating packets transmitted on said communication line between said two network routers; transmitting said replicated packets to a session emulator; reconstructing routing protocol messages from said replicated packets with a protocol emulator; and establishing a routing protocol session with a network monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25)
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19. A computer program product having a computer readable medium with computer program logic recorded thereon, said computer program product comprising:
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code for communicating with an eavesdropping device between two routers and for re-assembling routing protocol messages received from the eavesdropping device; and code for opening a transport protocol connection and emulating a routing protocol session with a network monitoring device using the re-assembled transport protocol messages. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 26)
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