Monitoring traffic flows of containers in a segmented network environment
US11575588B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/029
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A traffic control and monitoring module includes a firewall operating in a container namespace that is configured to control and monitor traffic to and from a container in the container namespace. The traffic control and monitoring module reports detected traffic to a traffic flow reporting module operating in a host namespace of the host operating system. The traffic control and monitoring module obtains traffic flows associated with a plurality of containers in different container namespaces and reports the traffic flows to a segmentation policy. Based on the reported traffic flows, the segmentation server may update a segmentation policy to improve network security.
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