Patent ID: 8301753

Claim:
A computer implemented method for logging network activity comprising: identifying a code to represent a network adapter coupled to a first network; storing first data, wherein the first data is based at least in part on a first association between the code and a first IP address that has been allocated on the first network; dynamically translating from the first IP address for use on the first network to a second IP address for use on a second network; storing second data, wherein the second data is based on an establishment of a network address alias, wherein the network address alias includes the first IP address used on the first network and a first IP port number used on the second network; transmitting, by at least one source computing device, a request to a destination server via the second network, wherein the destination server is associated with a destination IP address and a destination port number, wherein the request originated from the network adapter and identifies the first IP port number used on the second network, and wherein the first IP port number used on the second network corresponds to a source IP port number used on the second network for the request; receiving third data at the at least one source computing device from the destination server, wherein receipt of the third data is responsive to the request from the at least one source computing device, wherein the third data is associated with a first historical log entry initially stored by the destination server, and wherein the first historical log entry includes identification of the source IP port number for the request and information corresponding to activity at the destination server associated with the request; and determining a second association between the activity at the destination server associated with the request and the code representing the network adapter from which the request originated based at least in part on the first data, the second data, and the first historical log entry initially stored by the destination server.