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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Maria Perez, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of providing security for data using a loopback interface, the method includes setting a security policy on a host device and a client device, the security policy configuration including a first loopback interface and an IP address for the host device and a second loopback interface and an IP address for the client device; sending an IP packet to the first loopback interface on the host device, wherein the first loopback interface configures the packet to be routed to the second loopback interface; sending the IP packet from the first loopback interface to a security module on the host device for encryption pursuant to a security protocol; filtering the encrypted packet received from first loopback interface and configuring the encrypted packet be sent to the client device; and sending the encrypted packet from the host device to the client device.