An Environment Agnostic Architecture for the Identification and Modification of Network Datagrams Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Topic No.: N08-055 Topic Title: An Environment Agnostic Architecture for the Identification and Modification of Network Datagrams Proposal No.: N081-055-1035 Firm: Data Research & Analysis Corp. 1555 King St. #300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-2738 Contact: David Glick Phone: (703) 299-0700 Web Site: www.dracorp.com Abstract: As the Navy moves towards a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) through initiatives such as Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES), the high-level control of network information will become ever more important. This need is especially pronounced when dealing with complex and interrelated data flows. With such highly distributed yet interconnected network nodes, the ability to identify and act upon messages or portions of messages that should be restricted, redirected, reformatted, or otherwise modified is extremely valuable. This document addresses these concerns by proposing a flexible and modular architecture to identify those datagrams which need some form of modification and to perform such modification in a generic user-specified way. The solution relies heavily on accepted web services standards and makes abundant use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and related technologies and standards. In addition, the components of the architecture are able to integrate with a wide variety of hardware and software systems on multiple platforms as well as operate at the network level. Support for multiple network protocols with the ability to expand those supported will also be provided. The proposed solution is highly commercializable due to its adaptable design and multi-use capability. Benefits: The primary benefit is the ability to easily specify and identify datagrams needing some form of modification and the ability to easily specify the modification actions to be performed, on a variety of software and hardware systems, platforms, and networks and on a variety of network protocols. The solution could be used in any situation (government or industry) where network traffic needs to be influenced. Return