VPN for containers and virtual machines in local area networks
US9716688B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for a VPN for containers and VMs implemented on different network node. A number of network hardware nodes have containers and VMs running on them. The containers and VMs are aggregated into VPNs assembled across the hardware nodes. Each hardware node has a network edge programmable switch configured to route packets to containers and VMs only inside a particular VPN. The switch detects a number of the VPN inside the packet header, replaces this number by a standard broadcast header number and multi-casts the packet to the containers and the VMs inside the VPN.
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