DETECTING THE TYPE OF NAT FIREWALL USING MESSAGES
2010
Online
Patent
Zugriff:
A method, system, and computer program product for detecting the type of NAT firewall using messages provides the capability to determine the type of NAT in use without requiring special purpose hardware or software. A method for determining a type of a NAT firewall may comprise receiving a message from a device inside the NAT firewall, the message addressed to a first IP address and port of a device outside the NAT firewall, transmitting a plurality of messages to the device inside the NAT firewall, at least one of the plurality of messages addressed from the first IP address and port and at least one of the messages addressed from a second IP address and port, receiving responses to at least some of the plurality of messages transmitted to the device inside the NAT firewall and determining the type of the NAT firewall based on the received responses.
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DETECTING THE TYPE OF NAT FIREWALL USING MESSAGES
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Smelyansky, Vladimir ; Grinberg, Victor |
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Veröffentlichung: | 2010 |
Medientyp: | Patent |
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