Patent ID: 8724473
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network testing system having at least one network card, the network card including a processor, a memory and a network communications unit, the network testing system coupled with a network, the network testing system having instructions stored thereon which when executed cause the network testing system to perform operations comprising: creating a location cache in a portion of the memory, the location cache sized to store signature location information for at least four found signatures; receiving user selection to create a network test; receiving test information from the user, the test information including user specification of a signature and a varying location of the signature; receiving user selection to execute the network test; transmitting packets for the network test over the network; receiving a packet over the network; searching the packet for the signature at locations specified in the location cache; when the signature is found at a stored location specified in the location cache, when the signature is not found at any stored location specified in the location cache,