摘要:
An apparatus is disclosed for creating and storing policy data records comprising data identifying network policy decisions. After a data packet is received, a network policy decision is made based on information in the packet and one or more network policies. A policy data record identifying the network policy decision is created, and the policy data record is stored.
摘要:
An apparatus is disclosed for creating and storing policy data records comprising data identifying network policy decisions. After a data packet is received, a network policy decision is made based on information in the packet and one or more network policies. A policy data record identifying the network policy decision is created, and the policy data record is stored.
摘要:
Techniques are provided herein for distributed and hierarchical rendering and provisioning of cloud services. At a device in a cloud computing system comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels, a cloud service request is received for rendering and provisioning of a virtual data center. A determination is made as to which aspects of the cloud service request are to be satisfied by devices in a first hierarchical level and which aspects of the cloud service request are to be satisfied by devices in a second hierarchical level and in subsequent hierarchical levels. Rendering and provisioning commands are provided to one or more devices in the first hierarchical level that are selected to satisfy aspects of the cloud service request in the first hierarchical level. A subset cloud service request for aspects of the cloud service request that are to be satisfied by devices in the second hierarchical level is sent to a device in the second hierarchical level.
摘要:
Techniques are provided herein for distributed and hierarchical rendering and provisioning of cloud services. At a device in a cloud computing system comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels, a cloud service request is received for rendering and provisioning of a virtual data center. A determination is made as to which aspects of the cloud service request are to be satisfied by devices in a first hierarchical level and which aspects of the cloud service request are to be satisfied by devices in a second hierarchical level and in subsequent hierarchical levels. Rendering and provisioning commands are provided to one or more devices in the first hierarchical level that are selected to satisfy aspects of the cloud service request in the first hierarchical level. A subset cloud service request for aspects of the cloud service request that are to be satisfied by devices in the second hierarchical level is sent to a device in the second hierarchical level.
摘要:
An application level gateway allows computers on a local area or “internal” network to serve data (e.g., web pages, files or other constructs) to computer systems on an external or public network such as the Internet, even though references such as hostnames and/or network addresses within the internal network that are contained within the data (e.g., URLs in web pages) might not be compatible (e.g., DNS resolvable or routable) with the external network. The system detects, in a portion of data (e.g., a web page), a local reference to a computer system on the internal network, determines whether a computer system identifier is mapped to the computer system specified in the local reference, and replaces the local reference with a translated reference obtained from the mapping. The translated reference contains the computer system identifier and a reference to a gateway computer system coupled to the internal network, such that subsequent referrals to the translated reference are directed to the gateway computer system. When a request for the data is subsequently received, the gateway performs a reverse mapping to determine the identity of the computer system on the internal network.
摘要:
A method of authorizing network device operations that are requested by applications is disclosed. A request for authorization from a network management application is received. The request identifies a user who is using the network management application to interact with a network device, the network management application that is seeking to execute one or more application tasks on a network device, the device, and the application tasks. A determination whether the specified user is authorized to execute the application tasks on the device is made. A success message is sent to the application only when the specified user is authorized to execute the application tasks on the device. Other embodiments support authorizing one application task against a plurality of devices or device groups. TACACS+ may be used for communication. A TACACS+ server that can support application authorization, and associated extensions to the TACACS+ protocol, are described.