Hewlett packard enterprise development lp (20240259373). MULTICAST TRAFFIC SEGMENTATION IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK
MULTICAST TRAFFIC SEGMENTATION IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK
Organization Name
hewlett packard enterprise development lp
Inventor(s)
Tathagata Nandy of Bangalore IN
MULTICAST TRAFFIC SEGMENTATION IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240259373 titled 'MULTICAST TRAFFIC SEGMENTATION IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK
Original Abstract Submitted
a system for enforcement of a set of segmentation policies at a gateway switch of a network is provided. here, the segmentation policies can indicate which other roles are allowed to communicate with a respective role, which can indicate a set of privileges in the network. during operation, the switch can receive a first message associated with a join request for a multicast group from a host. the switch can also receive a second message comprising data from a source of the multicast group. the first and second messages can indicate first and second roles, respectively, of the host and source. based on the first and second roles and a corresponding segmentation policy, the system can determine whether the host is allowed to receive the data from the source. if not allowed, the system can prevent the second message from being forwarded to the host from the gateway switch.