Application service virtual circuit

A system for exchanging data over a network, the system comprising:

• a communication interface coupled to a physical network port;
• and
• an electronic processor, coupled to the communication interface and configured to
• receive, from a computing device via the physical network port, a traffic forwarding request to forward network traffic, the request including a network domain identifier and a user identifier;
• retrieve, from a database storing user information, a user profile based on the user identifier;
• perform deep packet inspection on the network traffic to determine a content;
• retrieve, from the database, a network traffic policy;
• determine whether the traffic forwarding request is valid based on the user profile, the content, and the network traffic policy;
• and
• when the traffic forwarding request is valid
• provision, on the network, an application service virtual circuit between a local virtual port of the communication interface and a peer port at a remote communication endpoint;
• and
• forward the network traffic from the computing device to the remote communication end point via the application service virtual circuit.