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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Cooper, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael W. Green, Shoreview, MN (US);
John Richard Guzik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0209 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving metadata from a host over a metadata channel. The metadata may be correlated with a network flow and a network policy may be applied to the connection. In other embodiments, a network flow may be received from a host without metadata associated with the flow, and a discovery redirect may be sent to the host. Metadata may then be received and correlated with the flow to identify a network policy action to apply to the flow.