CPC H04L 45/741 (2013.01) [H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 49/3009 (2013.01); H04L 61/251 (2013.01); H04L 61/2557 (2013.01); H04L 61/2575 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04L 61/5076 (2022.05); H04L 69/16 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a network, a first packet comprising a first source address, a first destination address, and a data payload, wherein the first source address and the first destination address are formatted according to a first address format;
generating, based on the first destination address, a second destination address, wherein the second destination address is formatted according to a second address format different from the first address format;
performing a reverse domain name system (DNS) lookup of the first source address to obtain a source domain name;
performing a forward DNS lookup of the source domain name to obtain a second source address, wherein the second source address is formatted according to the second address format; and
generating a second packet comprising the second source address, the second destination address, and the data payload.
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