Determining the type of a network tier
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to:
- determine that a target network tier is a processing type network tier, if a backend communication protocol utilized between the target network tier and a backend network tier is different than a source communication protocol utilized between the target network tier and a source network resource;
if the source and backend communication protocols are the same, compare select content of respective backend communications between the target and backend network tiers to select content of respective source communications between the target network tier and the source network resource; and
determine that the target network tier is a forwarding type network tier if, for at least a threshold amount of the backend communications, the select content of a respective backend communication matches the select content of a respective source communication.
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to determining the type of a network tier. Examples include determining that a target network tier is a forwarding type network tier if a protocol of communications between the target network tier and a source network resource is the same as a protocol of communications between the target network tier and a backend network tier. Examples further include comparing select content of communications between the target and backend network tiers to select content of communications between the target network tier and the source networking resource, if the protocols are the same.
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15 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to:
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determine that a target network tier is a processing type network tier, if a backend communication protocol utilized between the target network tier and a backend network tier is different than a source communication protocol utilized between the target network tier and a source network resource; if the source and backend communication protocols are the same, compare select content of respective backend communications between the target and backend network tiers to select content of respective source communications between the target network tier and the source network resource; and determine that the target network tier is a forwarding type network tier if, for at least a threshold amount of the backend communications, the select content of a respective backend communication matches the select content of a respective source communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a memory encoded with a set of executable instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to; in response to discovery of a backend network tier, determine that a target network tier is a processing type network tier, if a protocol of backend requests provided from the target network tier to the backend network tier is different than a protocol of source requests received by the target network tier from a source network resource; if the respective protocols of the backend and source requests are the same, compare select content of backend responses, provided from the backend network tier to the target network tier, to select content of source responses, provided from the target network tier to the source network resource; and determine whether the target network tier is a forwarding type or processing type network tier based on whether the select content of a respective backend response matches the select content of a respective source response for at least a threshold amount of the backend responses. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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monitoring network traffic between a source network resource and a target network tier, and between the target network tier and a backend network tier; determining that the target network tier is a processing type network tier if a source communication protocol utilized between the source network resource and a target network tier is different than a backend communication protocol utilized between the target and backend network tiers; if the source and backend communication protocols are the same, comparing select content of respective backend communications between the target and backend network tiers to select content of respective source communications between the target network tier and the source network resource, wherein the network traffic includes the source and backend communications; and determining that the target network tier is a forwarding type network tier if, for at least a threshold amount of the backend communications, the select content of a respective backend communication matches the select content of a respective source communication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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