Patent ID: 8694610

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating communications between a client and a server over a network, said apparatus comprising: a processor coupled with said network, said network operative to transmit a plurality of translation requests including a first translation request generated by said client, said first translation request comprising a first address identifying said server, said first translation request being directed, by said client, to a first address translator separate from said processor, said first address translator being coupled with said network; said processor being operative to selectively intercept said first translation request from among said plurality of translation requests prior to receipt by said first address translator, said selective interception being determined based on a criteria other than only that said first translation request is one of said plurality of translation requests; wherein said first address translator is operative to translate said first address into a first translated address when said first translation request is not selectively intercepted, and said first address translator is operative to return said first translated address to said client via said network thereby facilitating said communications between said client and said server; and said processor being further operative to modify said first address of said first translation request to a modified address when selectively intercepted, wherein said processor is further operative to forward said first translation request having said modified address to said first address translator, wherein said first address translator, upon receipt of said first translation request having said modified address, being operative to translate said modified address into a second translated address and to return said second translated address to said client via said network, wherein said first translated address returnable to the client by said first address translator is different from said second translated address returnable to the client by said first address translator.