Invention Application
- Patent Title: MANAGED FORWARDING ELEMENT DETECTING INVALID PACKET ADDRESSES
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Application No.: US17731232Application Date: 2022-04-27
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Publication No.: US20220255896A1Publication Date: 2022-08-11
- Inventor: Rahul Jain , Mukesh Hira , Su Wang
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element (MFE) executing on a data compute node (DCN) that operates on a host computer in a public datacenter. The MFE implements a logical network that connects multiple DCNs within the public datacenter. The method receives a packet, directed to the DCN, that (i) has a first logical network source address and (ii) is encapsulated with a second source address associated with an underlying public datacenter network. The method determines whether the first logical network source address is a valid source address for the packet based on a mapping table that maps logical network addresses to underlying public datacenter network addresses. When the first source address is not a valid source address for the packet, the method drops the packet.
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