Network policy implementation in a tag-based policy architecture
US10652281B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0428
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique implements network policy deployed in a tag-based policy architecture of a virtualized computing environment. One or more virtual machine instances (VMIs) may be provided by a virtual data center (VDC) of the environment, wherein each VMI includes an intermediary manager of a computing cell that also includes a guest operating system (OS) and associated applications. The tag-based policy architecture may be configured to enforce the network policy in the virtualized computing environment using cryptographically-verifiable metadata to authenticate compute resources, such as the VMIs, coupled to a computer network and to authorize access to protected resources, such as virtualized network resources of the VDC.
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