Patent ID: 8984149
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
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; determining, for a particular client device, (i) a client type of the particular client device, and (ii) a client type associated with the subnet on which the particular client device is hosted; comparing, for the particular client device, (i) the determined client type of the particular client device with (ii) the determined client type associated with the subnet on which the particular client device is hosted; responsive to a determination that the client type of the particular client device does not match the client type associated with the subnet that hosts the particular client device, applying, to the particular client device, a corrective action; and wherein the corrective action comprises moving the particular client device to a different subnet.