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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Tristan Anthony Brown, Keller, TX (US);
Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, TX (US);
Venkat Vankatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tristan Anthony Brown, Keller, TX (US);
Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, TX (US);
Venkat Vankatsubra, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06877 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 29/06891 (2013.01); H04L 63/1491 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1475 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for identifying a snooping device in a network environment. A snoop echo response extractor generates an echo request packet with a bogus MAC address that will only be received by a snooping device. The snoop echo response extractor also uses an IP address that will cause the snooping device to respond to the echo request.