Patent ID: 8599692
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a network traffic distribution device that includes a plurality of ingress and egress ports, a traffic flow of captured data packets, the captured data packets being at least one of a copy and a representation of data packets flowing through a communication network, wherein the captured data packets are received via at least one of a mirror port resident on a source of the captured data packets or a traffic capture point located along a communication link between two communicating devices; analyzing, by the network traffic distribution device, the received captured data packets to determine whether the received captured data packets include unwanted information, and, if so, removing the unwanted information; determining, by the network traffic distribution device, an assigned egress port for the received captured data packets; and transmitting, by the network traffic distribution device, the captured data packets, without the unwanted information, to the assigned egress port.