| CPC H04L 9/3242 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0245 (2013.01); H04L 63/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for managing operation of a deployment, the method comprising:
obtaining application data from an application hosted by a first container, the application data being destined for a second container;
obtaining a first hash of a first media access control address associated with the second container;
making a determination regarding whether the first hash is trusted;
in a first instance of the determination where the first hash is trusted:
encrypting the application data using an encryption key;
obtaining a second hash of a second media access control address associated with the first container;
packaging the encrypted application as a payload of a network data unit and the second hash in a field of control information of the network data unit; and
sending the network data unit to the second container to facilitate provisioning of computer implemented services.
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