Patent ID: 9461889
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a data apparatus, the method comprising: maintaining associations among a plurality of subnets of a network, a plurality of policies, and a plurality of client types, wherein each subnet has an associated client type and an associated policy; receiving, from a client device that is on the network, a request to access a resources that is hosted on the network; responsive to receiving the request, determining, for the client device, (i) a client type of the client device, and (ii) a client type associated with the subnet on which the client device is hosted; comparing, for the client device, (i) the determined client type of the client device with (ii) the determined client type associated with the subnet on which the client device is hosted; and responsive to a determination that the client type of the client device does not match the client type associated with the subnet that hosts the client device, performing a corrective action while maintaining the client device on at least one of the plurality of subnets.