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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2008
Nir Zuk, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yonghui Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wilson Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Monty S. Gill, San Jose, CA (US);
Nir Zuk, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yonghui Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wilson Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Monty S. Gill, San Jose, CA (US);
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, featuring receiving at a network device a plurality of packets associated with a flow, one or more of the plurality of packets having associated header data and content. Based on the content of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets, the network device identifies an application associated with the flow, where none of the first packets is addressed to the network device. For one or more second packets associated with the flow, the network device determines a forwarding destination for the second packets based on the application associated with the flow and forwards the packet according to the determined forwarding destination.