18181481. PACKET CAPTURE USING VXLAN ENCAPSULATION simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)

PACKET CAPTURE USING VXLAN ENCAPSULATION

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Darshil Jashvant Khetani of Stanmore (GB)

Salem Amin Al-damluji of Chorleywood (GB)

PACKET CAPTURE USING VXLAN ENCAPSULATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18181481 titled 'PACKET CAPTURE USING VXLAN ENCAPSULATION

Simplified Explanation

Techniques are disclosed for capturing network traffic in a computing environment with multiple devices. A data capture definition is used to specify the network element of interest and the data traffic to be captured. The network element selectively identifies the packets to be captured, which are then encapsulated within a VXLAN session and sent to a storage service.

• The patent describes a method for capturing network traffic in a computing environment with multiple devices.
• A data capture definition is used to specify the network element of interest and the data traffic to be captured.
• The network element selectively identifies the packets to be captured.
• The identified packets are encapsulated within a VXLAN session.
• The encapsulated packets are then sent to a storage service for further analysis.

Potential Applications

• Network monitoring and troubleshooting in complex computing environments.
• Security analysis and threat detection in network traffic.
• Performance optimization and analysis of network communication.

Problems Solved

• Efficiently capturing and analyzing network traffic in a computing environment with multiple devices.
• Selectively capturing specific data packets of interest for analysis.
• Encapsulating captured packets for easy transmission and storage.

Benefits

• Improved network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Enhanced security analysis and threat detection in network traffic.
• More efficient performance optimization and analysis of network communication.
• Simplified storage and transmission of captured network packets.

Original Abstract Submitted

Techniques are disclosed for capturing network traffic in a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing devices. A data capture definition defines a network element of interest and data traffic that is to be captured for the network element. The network element to selectively identifies the data packets to be captured. The identified packets are encapsulated within a VXLAN session and sent to a storage service.