Sanjay Ramesh Chadda

US Patent:

20090067440, Mar 12, 2009

Filed:

Sep 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/851934

Inventors:

Sanjay CHADDA - Sunnyvale CA, US
Allen SAMUELS - San Jose CA, US
Dan DECASPER - San Mateo CA, US
Zubin DITTIA - San Mateo CA, US
Shiva ANKAM - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/66
H04L 12/56

US Classification:

370401

Abstract:

The solution described herein provides systems and methods for the interoperability of network processing programs that process network packets at different levels of the network stack. This solution bridges the communications of a network packet between a first network processing program operating at a first level of a network stack in an intermediary and a second network processing program operating at a second level of the network stack of the intermediary. The first network processing program may modify an incoming network packet so that the packet may traverse the network stack to an upper level of the stack to the second network processing program. After processing the network packet at the upper layers of the stack or by the second network processing program, the first network processing program modifies the network pack in order to transmit the packet to the intended destination while traversing the intermediary.