Network device having service card for intercept and monitoring of packet flows

• Main Authors: JAIN SANDEEP, KO YULIANTO KOKASIH, DURAISWAMY SENTHIL KUMAR, APTE MANOJ, BUDIYANTO FRITZ, DEENADAYALAN SARAVANAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.10.2011
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A network device comprises a service card (e.g., a dynamic flow capture (DFC) service card) executing a communication protocol to receive, from one or more control sources, flow capture information specifying at least one destination and criteria for matching one or more packet flows. The network de...