Port and loopback ip addresses allocation scheme for full-mesh communications with transparent tls tunnels

A method for a virtual machine to use a port and loopback IP addresses allocation scheme for full-mesh communications with transparent transport layer security tunnels, the method comprising:

• detecting, at a redirect agent implemented in a first machine, a packet that is sent from a client application, executing on the first machine, toward a server application executing on a second machine;
• determining, by the redirect agent, whether a first redirect rule matches the packet;
• wherein the first redirect rule specifies modifications to a header of the packet to cause redirecting the packet toward a secure tunnel between the first machine and the second machine;
• in response to determining that the first redirect rule matches the packet, applying, by the redirect agent, the first redirect rule to the packet to translate the packet into a translated packet;
• and
• providing the translated packet to a client agent implemented in the first machine to cause the client agent to transmit the translated packet to a server agent implemented in the second machine.