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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2023
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Dirk Jacobus Van Der Merwe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sophos Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A method for redirecting data packets includes receiving, by a computer system, at least one data packet, attaching, by an express data path program of the one or more processors of the computer system, a metadata structure to each of the at least one data packet, populating, by the express data path program, the metadata structure with metadata information, redirecting, by the computer system based on the metadata information, the at least one data packet from a network stack path to at least one data security program, executing, by the computer system, the at least one data security program on the at least one data packet including interpreting at least a portion of the metadata information, and after the at least one data security program has been executed on the at least one data packet, redirecting the at least one data packet back to the network stack path.