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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2011
Gil Bloch, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Itamar Rabenstein, Petach Tikva, IL;
Miriam Menes, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ido Bukspan, Herzliya, IL;
Gil Bloch, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Itamar Rabenstein, Petach Tikva, IL;
Miriam Menes, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ido Bukspan, Herzliya, IL;
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a Content-Addressable Memory (CAM) and packet processing circuitry. The packet processing circuitry is configured to store in respective regions of the CAM multiple Access Control Lists (ACLs) that are defined for respective packet types, to classify an input packet to a respective packet type selected from the packet types, to identify a region holding an ACL defined for the selected packet type, and to process the input packet in accordance with the ACL stored in the identified region.