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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kaushal Bansal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anirban Sengupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Subrahmanyam Manuguri, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunitha Krishna, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jerry Pereira, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 63/0209 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of creating micro-segmentation policies for a network is provided. The method identifies a set of network nodes as seed nodes. The method monitors network packet traffic flows for the seed nodes to collect traffic flow information. The method identifies a set of related nodes for the set of seed nodes based on the collected network flow information. The method analyzes the collected network flow information to identify micro-segmentation policies for the network.