Patent ID: 6717943
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for transmitting secured data packets over a network comprising the following steps:(a) receiving a data packet having a source address from a point external to the network; (b) determining whether the data packet is a zero packet, and if so: (i) determining the binary sequence of a predesignated bit set in the source address of the packet; (ii) forwarding the packet to a processor whose number corresponds with the sequence of the bit set; (iii) using a security table to generate an IT entry in an IT table for directing the processing of data packets; (iv) transmitting the IT entry to a plurality of processors for inclusion in said IT table; (v) processing the packet in accordance with the entry in the IT table that corresponds to the source address, destination address and point number of the packet; (c) determining whether the packet is the last packet of the message, and if so: (i) deleting the IT entry for the message from the IT table; and (ii) forwarding the packet for further processing.