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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Choung-yaw Michael Shieh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jia-jyi Roger Lian, Saratoga, CA (US);
Choung-Yaw Michael Shieh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jia-Jyi Roger Lian, Saratoga, CA (US);
Varmour Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for using a virtual security boundary. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving information from a virtual machine after the virtual machine has been moved from a first physical location in a network to a second physical location in the network, where the information identifies the virtual machine as one previously assigned to a security boundary; determining that access to the virtual machine at the first physical location was permitted by the security gateway; assigning the virtual machine at the second physical location to the security boundary, and applying a security policy associated with the security boundary to communications between the network and the virtual machine at the second physical location.