Patent ID: 8280058
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a network device, a plurality of wireless network sessions between the network device and a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client devices transmitting data from one of a plurality of wireless networks, each one of the plurality of wireless networks being associated with one of a plurality of security zones, each of the plurality of security zones being associated with a different one of a plurality of security policies; receiving, at the network device and from a client device of the plurality of client devices, network traffic destined for a network resource, the network traffic including a source address and a destination address, the source address being associated with a first one of the plurality of wireless networks, the destination address being associated with the network resource; identifying, at the network device and using the source address and the destination address of the network traffic, a first security zone and a second security zone of the plurality of security zones, the first security zone being associated with the first one of the plurality of wireless networks and the second security zone being associated with a second one of the plurality of wireless networks that is associated with the destination address; and performing, at the network device, security processing on the network traffic based on security policies, of the plurality of security policies, associated with the identified first security zone and the identified second security zone.