System and method to traverse a non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) graph generated for regular expression patterns with advanced features
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1. A method of walking a non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) graph representing a pattern, the method comprising:
- by a processor, extracting a node type, a next node address, and an element from a node of the NFA graph; and
by the processor, matching a segment of a payload with the element by matching the payload with the element at least zero times, a number of the at least zero times based on the node type, wherein extracting the node type, next node address, and the element from the node enable the processor to identify the pattern in the payload with less nodes relative to another NFA graph representing the pattern.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of walking a non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) graph representing a pattern includes extracting a node type and an element from a node of the NFA graph. The method further includes matching a segment of a payload for the element by matching the payload for the element at least zero times, the number of times based on the node type.
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1. A method of walking a non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) graph representing a pattern, the method comprising:
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by a processor, extracting a node type, a next node address, and an element from a node of the NFA graph; and by the processor, matching a segment of a payload with the element by matching the payload with the element at least zero times, a number of the at least zero times based on the node type, wherein extracting the node type, next node address, and the element from the node enable the processor to identify the pattern in the payload with less nodes relative to another NFA graph representing the pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for walking a non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) graph representing a pattern, the system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor, the processor coupled to the memory and configured to extract a node type, next node address, count value, and an element from a node of the NFA graph, the processor further configured to match a segment of a payload for the element by matching the payload for the element at least zero times, a number of the at least zero times based on the node type, wherein extracting the node type, next node address, and the element from the node enable the processor to identify the pattern in the payload with less nodes relative to another NFA graph representing the pattern. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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