Patent ID: 7047424
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling communication between a first processor and a second processor using at least one additional processor separate from the first processor and the second processor, wherein one or more firewalls selectively restrict the communication, the method comprising: determining at the first processor, that a hairpin between the first and second processors is required for communicating with the second processor; determining, at the at least one additional processor, whether the first and second processors mutually consent to enabling the hairpin between the first and second processors; providing, by the at least one additional processor, to the first processor a first information identifying the hairpin and to the second processor a second information identifying the hairpin, when the at least one additional processor determines that the first and second processors mutually consent to the hairpin; establishing a first information flow from the first processor to the hairpin based on the provided first information; establishing a second information flow from the second processor to the hairpin based on the provided second information; and forwarding, at the hairpin, the first information flow received from the first processor to the second processor such that the communication between the first and second processors is allowed by the one or more firewalls.