US 11,811,879 B2
Networking connection management based on container identification
Nilesh Awate, Pune (IN); Vivek Parikh, Pune (IN); Amit Vasant Patil, Pune (IN); and Vaibhav Rekhate, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,228.
Application 17/745,228 is a continuation of application No. 16/125,792, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,336,733.
Claims priority of application No. 201841023152 (IN), filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279044 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 45/302 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 101/365 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 45/72 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.05); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 2101/365 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of processing packets on a host, the method comprising:
identifying a packet in a kernel of the host;
determining whether the packet originates from a container namespace corresponding to a container on the host or a host namespace corresponding to the host based on at least one identifier associated with an originating process for the packet; and
when the packet originates from a container namespace, processing the packet in the kernel of the host based on supplemental information for a container associated with the container namespace, wherein the supplemental information comprises a container type or a container identifier for the container.