Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for distributing firewall rules

US9215213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Nicira, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kaushal Bansal · Sunnyvale, US
Uday Masurekar · Sunnyvale, US
Aravind Srinivasan · Santa Clara, US
Shadab Shah · Sunnyvale, US
Serge Maskalik · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0263
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method for specifying firewall rules. In some embodiments, the method provides the ability to specify for a particular firewall rule, a set of network nodes (also called a set of enforcement points below) at which the particular firewall should be enforced. To provide this ability, the method of some embodiments adds an extra tuple (referred to below as the AppliedTo tuple) to a firewall rule. This added AppliedTo tuple lists the set of enforcement points at which the firewall rule has to be applied (i.e., enforced).

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