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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Jerome N. Freedman, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jerome N. Freedman, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Assignee:
McAfee Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for heuristically identifying protocols during network analysis utilizing a network analyzer. First provided is a sequencing and reassembly (SAR) engine module for sequencing and/or re-assembling network communications. Coupled to the engine module is a plurality of protocol interpreter modules for interpreting protocols associated with the network communications. At least one of the protocol interpreter modules is adapted for heuristically identifying protocols associated with the network communications.