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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2017
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method to selectively encrypting packets includes filtering calls, at a virtual machine on a host, to connect sockets to server applications. When a call by a client application to connect a socket to a server application is detected, the method includes determining if the socket between the client and the server applications is to be encrypted based on identities of the client application, a user logged in on the virtual machine, or the client application and the user logged in on the virtual machine. The method includes filtering outbound packets in a protocol stack of the virtual machine. When the socket is to be encrypted and an outbound packet for the socket is detected, the method includes tagging the outbound packet for encryption by a hypervisor on the host and sending the outbound packet to a virtual network interface card (vNIC) emulated by the hypervisor.