Patent ID: 11888899
Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the whitelist set comprises:
configuring the network layer information in the match fields of the first flow entry to include a first network address assigned to the first workload and a second network address assigned to the destination, wherein the first workload is an Internet of Things (IoT) device and the first flow entry is configured based on a device type of the IoT device;
configuring the transport layer information in the match fields of the first flow entry to include a protocol, and a source port number, a destination port number, or both the source port number and the destination port number; and
configuring the match fields of the first flow entry to further include port information associated with an input port that connects the IoT device to the flow-based forwarding element.