Christopher M Spain

US Patent:

20170041246, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Aug 3, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/816406

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Vina Ermagan - Marina Del Rey CA, US
Christopher Spain - Morgan Hill CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/911
H04L 12/851
H04L 12/741

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a first device in a network receives application traffic sent from a source device towards a destination address. The first device sends the application traffic to a traffic identification service. The first device receives an instruction to establish a network tunnel to send the application traffic from the source device towards the destination address. The instruction is based on a classification of the application traffic by the traffic identification service. The first device establishes the network tunnel to send the application traffic from the source device towards the destination address.