Agent-less micro-segmentation of a network
US10652213B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The technology disclosed herein enables the micro-segmentation of a network without agents. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in a packet-handler controller of a virtual computing environment, determining one or more policies in a first format that identify one or more packet characteristics and how packets with the one or more packet characteristics should be handled within the virtual computing environment. The method further provides converting the one or more policies from the first format to a second format used by a domain controller for one or more computing systems outside of the virtual computing environment. Also, the method provides distributing the one or more policies in the second format to at least one of the one or more computing systems.
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