Patent ID: 7441036
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring network messages from an application, the method comprising: receiving a message at a TCP (Transport Control Protocol) tunnel, the message comprising a request message that is received from a client and forwarded to a server and a response message that is received from a server and forwarded to a client; delaying the message at the TCP tunnel for a time period; forwarding the message from the TCP tunnel in response to passage of the time period; modifying the request message at the TCP tunnel in accordance with user-configurable filtering rules; forwarding the modified request message from the TCP tunnel to a server; determining the time period based upon user-configurable parameters and a history of delay operations on previous request messages such that delays vary over time; and, determining a modification based on a history of modification operations on previous request messages such that modifications vary over time.