Network traffic segregation on an application basis in a virtual computing environment

A system for segregating traffic on an application specific basis, the system comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to:
• provide a host on which a virtual machine executing a guest Operating System (OS) executes;
• in a virtual network interface included in the virtual machine:
• receive guest data packets from the guest OS;
• associate the guest data packets with respective ones of a plurality of applications executing within the guest OS;
• separate the guest data packets into respective ones of a plurality of application port interfaces each corresponding to at least one of the plurality of applications and included in the virtual network interface;
• and
• pass the guest data packets from the plurality of application port interfaces to a host network interface included in the host.