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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sean Huntley, NSW, AU;

Marc Wayne Brotherson, Boulder, CO (US);

Akeem Jenkins, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4875 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides an approach for controlling application self-replication in a network. Embodiments include determining, by a self-replicating application, one or more parameters related to a networking environment. Embodiments include applying, by the self-replicating application, one or more rules to the one or more parameters related to the networking environment. Embodiments include determining, by the self-replicating application, whether to replicate within the networking environment based on the applying of the one or more rules to the one or more parameters related to the networking environment.


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