| 摘要 |
A method of filtering high data rate traffic (2) based on its content, the method comprising identifying candidate fixed size partial strings (3) within the traffic; comparing characters within the candidate partial string with a content addressable memory (1) containing wanted partial string values and identifying matching traffic; wherein the partial string content includes at least one anchor character (7); wherein the partial string size is set to a predetermined number of characters adjacent to the anchor character; and, wherein partial strings ending in an anchor character are compared with wanted partial string values in the content addressable memory. |
