METHOD FOR SCANNING CONTENT SENT BY PACKETS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO A TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM, NETWORK DEVICE AND SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a method for scanning content sent by packets in a communication network to a terminal, a computer program enabling the execution of said method, a network device and a communication network system implementing such a method. The invention specifically relates to a method for running an anti-virus scan of content when sending content in real time. One aim of the invention is a method for scanning content sent by packets to a terminal in a communication network, which comprises restoring said content using a provisionally copied portion of the packets of said content and the rest of the packets of said content after a network device has received the set of packets of said content, said provisionally copied portion of the packets of said content having been provisionally copied and relayed by means of said network device upon reception at said terminal, said reconstruction being suitable for enabling said content to be scanned.