TRANSPARENT MIDDLEBOX WITH GRACEFUL CONNECTION ENTRY AND EXIT

Methods for removing a middlebox from a network connection include determining a degree of mismatch between a sequence number in a first connection between the middlebox and a client and a sequence number in a second connection between the middlebox and a server, delaying acknowledgment signals from...

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Hauptverfasser: AGRAWAL DAKSHI, NAHUM ERICH M, LE THAI V, PAPPAS VASILEIOS
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods for removing a middlebox from a network connection include determining a degree of mismatch between a sequence number in a first connection between the middlebox and a client and a sequence number in a second connection between the middlebox and a server, delaying acknowledgment signals from the middlebox on a connection to decrease the degree of mismatch, and establishing a direct connection between the client and the server without mediation by the middlebox when the degree of mismatch is zero.