Patent ID: 8837471

Claim:
A method of establishing a communication channel between a first correspondent and a second correspondent each configured to enable an option associated with sending data between the first and the second correspondent across the communication channel, the method comprising: a module, coupled to at least one of the first correspondent and the second correspondent, the module disposed between the first correspondent and the second correspondent, the module intercepting and examining a first data link layer negotiation packet sent from a data link layer of one of the first correspondent and the second correspondent prior to the first data link layer negotiation packet being received at the other one of the first and the second correspondent, the first data link layer negotiation packet comprising a first request to enable the option, the first request for enabling the option initiated by either one of the first correspondent or the second correspondent; the module, in response to the first request, preparing a second data link layer negotiation packet comprising a first reject message; and the module sending the second data link layer negotiation packet to the data link layer of the correspondent that initiated the first request to have the correspondent that initiated the first request disable the option for subsequent network layer packets transmitted via the communication channel.