Patent ID: 9015823
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine readable medium storing a distributed firewall application for execution by at least one processing unit of a particular node in a hosting system, the firewall application comprising sets of instructions for: receiving a first firewall configuration for a first logical network along with a first identifier, the first logical network connecting a first plurality of machines at least one of which resides on the particular node of the hosting system; receiving a second firewall configuration for a second logical network along with a second identifier, the second logical network connecting a second plurality of machines at least one of which resides on the particular node of the hosting system; and processing packets, received from a managed switching element located at the node and tagged with the first identifier using the first firewall configuration while processing packets received from the managed switching element and tagged with the second identifier using the second firewall configuration, wherein the managed switching element and the distributed firewall application receive the first and second identifiers from a same network controller.