Methods and apparatus for providing multiple policies for a virtual private network
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJames Guichard, W. Wainner, Brian Weis, Mohamed Khalid
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Abstract
A system provides a request for a policy from a policy server, and receives the policy from the policy server. The policy indicates processing to be applied to a traffic partition passing through the device. The system configures the policy within a routing structure associated with the traffic partition for the policy in the device, and routes a stream of traffic for the routing structure in accordance with the policy for that routing structure.
Claims20
In a device, in a network, a method of providing a policy to a traffic partition in the network, the method comprising:
- providing a request for the policy from a policy server;
- receiving the policy from the policy server, the policy indicating processing to be applied to the traffic partition passing through the device;
- configuring the policy within a routing structure associated with the traffic partition for the policy in the device;
- and
- routing a stream of traffic for the routing structure in accordance with the policy for that routing structure.
A computerized device comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor;
- a communications interface;
- an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface;
- wherein the memory is encoded with a policy providing application that when executed on the processor provides policies to a traffic partition on the computerized device by performing the operations of:
- providing a request for the policy from a policy server;
- receiving the policy from the policy server, the policy indicating processing to be applied to the traffic partition passing through the device;
- configuring the policy within a routing structure associated with the traffic partition for the policy in the device;
- and
- routing a stream of traffic for the routing structure in accordance with the policy for that routing structure.
A computer readable medium encoded with computer programming logic that when executed on a process in a computerized device produces a policy providing process that provides policies by causing the computerized device to perform the operations of:
- providing a request for the policy from a policy server;
- receiving the policy from the policy server, the policy indicating processing to be applied to the traffic partition passing through the device;
- configuring the policy within a routing structure associated with the traffic partition for the policy in the device;
- and
- routing a stream of traffic for the routing structure in accordance with the policy for that routing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.