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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Foundry Networks, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hari Natarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Eskinder Sahle, Arlington, VA (US);
Charles Helfinstine, Reston, VA (US);
Chris Oskuie, Chantilly, VA (US);
Assignee:
Foundry Networks, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 49/10 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach to duplicating network traffic is described. In one approach, a method of creating multiple copies of network traffic is detailed. The method involves receiving network traffic, producing a duplicate copy of the network traffic, and forwarding the duplicate copy to a monitoring port. The monitoring port forwards copies to a number of indicated ports.