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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Marco E. Foschiano, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Qizhong Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ambarish Chintamani Kenghe, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco E. Foschiano, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Qizhong Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ambarish Chintamani Kenghe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for inspecting packets is disclosed. The method includes processing a packet by determining if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet and inspecting the packet, if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet. The inter-layer binding protocol packet indicating a binding between a first network layer address and a second network layer address.