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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Jean-luc Grimault, Mondeville, FR;
Mohammed Kassi Lahlou, Fontaine Etoupefour, FR;
Jean-Luc Grimault, Mondeville, FR;
Mohammed Kassi Lahlou, Fontaine Etoupefour, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A DNS server () and to a method of managing a DNS request, the method comprising receiving (E) a DNS request for accessing a remote application (B) accessible via a gateway (B) and sending (E) a DNS response including the IP address of the gateway (B), the method further comprising a verification for determining whether a port range identifier is stored in the DNS server () in association with the IP address of the gateway (B), and if so, the identifier is inserted in the DNS response before sending the DNS response. The invention also provides a method of transmitting data from a first gateway (A) to a second gateway (B), a method of transmitting data from a gateway (B) to a server (B) of a local network (LAN_B), and the gateways (A,B) for performing such methods.