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US 12,652,268 B2Granted
Policy and traffic management in an overlay network
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsArivudainambi Appachi gounder, Parthasarathi Palanisamy, Stephen Stuart, Arie Vayner
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Abstract
Technique or mechanism in which network security policies are applied close to the source or origin associated with policy decisions. For example. the disclosed technology moves dropped flows from a firewall cluster to a leaf switch based on host location.
Claims20
A method for managing network traffic associated with an overlay network, comprising:
- detecting, using a controller, a traffic flow associated with the overlay network;
- determining a location of a host associated with the traffic flow;
- and
- causing, by the controller, the traffic flow to be offloaded to an access switch associated with the host based on the determined location of the host.
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A system for managing network traffic associated with an overlay network, comprising:
- a controller that:
- detects traffic flow associated with the overlay network;
- determines a location of a host associated with the traffic flow;
- and
- communicates with an access switch associated with the host based on the determined location of the host and causes the traffic flow to be offloaded to the access switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.