Patent ID: 9210081
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving, at a first network layer of a device, a network packet from a source, the network packet comprising a destination media access control address identifying a destination for the network packet and a source media access control address identifying an adapter type; (b) determining, by the device, that the adapter type of the source is a physical network interface card instead of a local network interface of the device; (c) modifying, by the device in response to the determination, the destination media access control address of the network packet to identify the local network interface of the device; (d) applying, at the second network layer of the device, a policy to the network packet received from the first network layer; (e) modifying, at the first network layer of the device, the destination media access control address of the network packet, received from the second network layer, to identify the media access control address of the destination; and (f) transmitting, by the device, the network packet to the destination.