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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Rahul S. Kasralikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Ram Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul S. Kasralikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Ram Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Extreme Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for selectively redirecting a data packet to a port on a switching device which is associated with a corresponding network service. In one embodiment, the data packet is redirected to an intrusion prevention service (IPS) for security analysis of the data packet. In another embodiment, the switching device performs a data link layer redirecting of the data packet based at least in part on whether the data packet is to be flooded from the switching device.