Patent ID: 8355405

Claim:
A method for intercepting data of network sessions passing between respective first node and second node on a data network, comprising the steps of: (i) providing an interceptor on a third node of the network; (ii) monitoring data passing between the first node and the second node, said monitoring being to select one of said network sessions; (iii) synchronizing network data of the selected session between the interceptor and the respective first and second nodes; (iv) creating a first port on the interceptor dedicated for communicating with the first node and a second port on the interceptor dedicated for communicating with the second node, and, using said dedicated ports, splitting said selected network session into two sessions, a first session between said first node and said interceptor and a second session between the interceptor and said second node, and (v) intercepting the data so that data flowing between first and second nodes passes through the interceptor wherein said interceptor is configured to select said network session for interception using dynamic protocol identification and session state data.