Graphiant, Inc.

Khalid Raza

Ijsbrand Wijnands

Stefan Olofsson

Neale Ranns

Embodiments of a method of communicating a packet by a network address translation (NAT) enabled router, are described. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a return packet to be communicated to a destination. The destination is associated with a first source address in the context of a forward packet. The method further includes determining a return path to transmit the return packet to the destination based on security association data. The security association data is pre-recorded in a routing table of the NAT enabled router when the forward packet is received, prior to receiving the return packet, over a forward path established between the NAT enabled router and an enterprise node. The security association data uniquely identifies the forward path as the return path.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Khalid Raza