Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling a network connection based, at least in part, on dual-switching. In an embodiment, a tunnel proxy is coupled with a host execution environment. The tunnel proxy includes logic to provide a security protocol client and logic to provide a security protocol server. In one embodiment, the tunnel proxy provides a proxy for a policy decision point to the host execution environment. Other embodiments are described and claimed.