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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Luca Martini, Lakewood, CO (US);
James Neil Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
Luca Martini, Lakewood, CO (US);
James Neil Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method is provided for regulating network traffic and virtual private networks. In this method, network traffic transmitted along multiple communication paths is received, and these communication paths are associated with forwarding identifiers. A portion of the forwarding identifiers is identified to match a particular forwarding identifier associated with a particular virtual private network. At the same time, the policy associated with the particular virtual private network is identified. A portion of the network traffic that is associated with the portion of the identified forwarding identifiers can then be regulated based on the policy.