Middlebox communication architecture and framework
Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS
dynamicsoft
Aravox Technologies
Kuokoa Networks
Ryerson University
There are a variety of intermediate devices in the Internet today that require application intelligence for their operation. Datagrams pertaining to real-time streaming applications such as SIP and H.323 and peer-to-peer applications such as Napster and NetMeeting cannot be identified by merely examining packet headers.