Patent ID: 7249191
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A platform, comprising: a first interface that receives a plurality of first incoming frames, each of the first incoming frames carrying a frame payload, the frame payloads of the first incoming frames together comprising a first application file, the first application file being communicated across a first TCP connection, each of the first incoming frames having an incoming source IP address and an incoming source MAC address; an application layer program that executes on the platform; a mechanism that terminates the first TCP connection on the platform wherein the first application file is supplied to the application layer program, the mechanism generating a plurality of first outgoing frames, each of the first outgoing frames carrying a frame payload, the frame payloads of the first outgoing frames together comprising the first application file, each of the first outgoing frames having an outgoing source IP address that is identical to the incoming source IP address, each of the first outgoing frames having an outgoing source MAC address that is identical to the incoming source MAC address; and a second interface that outputs the first outgoing frames.