Patent ID: 11888740
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
receiving, at the first classification and forwarding node, a second data packet encapsulated according to the first encapsulation protocol;
determining, by the first classification and forwarding node, that the first data packet is to be sent to a second cloud-delivered security service from among the group of cloud-delivered security services;
determining, by the first classification and forwarding node, whether the first encapsulation protocol is supported by the second cloud-delivered security service;
based at least in part on determining that the first encapsulation protocol is supported by the second cloud-delivered security service:
refraining from encapsulating the second data packet according to the second encapsulation protocol; and
sending the second data packet to the second cloud-delivered security service.