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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Varmour Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc Woolward, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
vArmour Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for microsegmentation of data networks are provided herein. Exemplary methods include: receiving a high-level declarative policy; getting metadata associated with a plurality of containers from an orchestration layer; determining a low-level firewall rule set using the high-level declarative policy and the metadata; and configuring by a plurality of enforcement points a respective virtual switch of a plurality of virtual switches to process packets in accordance with the low-level firewall ruleset, the virtual switches being collectively communicatively coupled to the plurality of containers, such that network communications between a first group of containers and a second group of containers of the plurality of containers are not permitted, and communications between containers of the first group of containers are permitted.