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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Dieter Siegmund, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, CA (US);
Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Dieter Siegmund, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is described that entails assigning a source network address to an outbound packet, associating the outbound packet with a network service and identifying a first network interface associated with the network service. The method further entails inquiring into and confirming that the first network interface is associated with the source network address. The method further entails constructing a search key from an identifier of the first network interface and the outbound packet's destination address. The method further entails submitting the search key to a routing function, the routing function providing the outbound packet's next hop address. The method further entails transmitting the outbound packet to a node identified by the next hop address from the network interface.