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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Kenneth M. Rose, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Venkateshwar R. Pullela, San Jose, CA (US);
David S. Walker, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin C. Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Yu Kwong NG, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Rose, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Venkateshwar R. Pullela, San Jose, CA (US);
David S. Walker, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin C. Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Yu Kwong Ng, Los Altos, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The method can be implemented on a processor executing software instructions stored in memory. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes receiving an Ethernet frame, wherein the Ethernet frame comprises a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) header, wherein the TCP header comprises a TCP header length value. When the Ethernet frame is received, the TCP header length value is compared to a predetermined value.