Patent ID: 7869367
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for checking expected network traffic, comprising: a computer system accessing pre-registered expected results of a network traffic checking exercise that comprise expected packet content verification information for individual packets of said network traffic; accessing said network traffic wherein individual packets of said network traffic comprise actual packet content verification information; identifying said individual packets that have expected packet content verification information that does not match their actual packet content verification information and said individual packets that have expected packet content verification information that does match their actual packet content verification information; counting instances where said expected packet content verification information matches said actual packet content verification information for said individual packets and instances where said expected packet content verification information does not match said actual packet content verification information for said individual packets; and comparing a count of matches of said expected content verification information and said actual content verification information for each traffic component to an expected count of matches in order to identify duplicated or lost traffic components.