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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Vincent Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adrian Caceres, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Joseph R. Eykholt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lawrence Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Vincent Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adrian Caceres, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Joseph R. Eykholt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lawrence Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for packet forwarding. The packet forwarding improves the performance of common network security applications. The system includes an operating system kernel, a plurality of packet forwarding paths, and a packet classifier. The method includes receiving network packets, receiving state information from a plurality of external agents, selecting a forwarding path from a plurality of forwarding paths based on the state information, and transmitting packets.