The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2006
Peiter Charles Zatko, Somerville, MA (US);
Peiter Charles Zatko, Somerville, MA (US);
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A system processes data communications traffic by detecting data communications traffic arriving at a network device for an intended recipient device and determining if the data communications traffic is at least one of initial data communications traffic for a new data communications session, or continuing data communications traffic for an existing data communications session. If the data communications traffic is initial data communications traffic, the system proxy responds to a source of the initial data communications traffic with an expected response that provides an appearance of the existence of an intended recipient device of the initial data communications traffic, regardless if the intended recipient device of the initial data communications traffic actually exists. The system prevents effective use of network probes or scans to identify network devices.