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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 06, 2014
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Janraj Cj, Bangalore, IN;
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for segmenting network traffic using virtual media access control (vMAC) addresses are disclosed. An intermediary device establishes a plurality of traffic domains to segment network traffic. The device generates a plurality of vMAC addresses to assign to the traffic domains. Each of the vMAC addresses includes an identifier of a traffic domain corresponding to the traffic domain to which the vMAC address is assigned. The device receives, from a second device, an ARP request to determine a MAC address to transmit data packets. The device selects, from the plurality of virtual MAC addresses, the virtual MAC address to use as the MAC address in a response based on an IP address identified via the ARP request. The device transmits, to the second device, a response to the request identifying, as the MAC address, the selected vMAC address of a traffic domain.