A computing device configured to communicate with local components of the computing device, the computing device comprising: one or more local components , a platform router included in the computing device , and communicatively coupled to the local components via one or more logical and/or physical communication links to form a platform network ; wherein, the platform router comprises a filtering module configured to intercept a name resolution request from a host application executed on the computing device, the name resolution request comprising a hostname of a target destination of a network packet; wherein, the platform router comprises a name resolution module configured to (i) resolve the hostname to obtain a network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet, and (ii) transmit a response to the name resolution request to the host application, the response comprising the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; and the filtering module is further configured to (i) receive the network packet from the host application destined for the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; (ii) determine whether the target destination of the network packet comprises a local component of the computing device as a function of the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; and (iii) transmit the network packet to the local component of the computing device via the platform network using one or more network protocols and/or in a format supported by the one or more local components in response to a determination that the target destination of the network packet comprises the local component of the computing device. one or more local components , a platform router included in the computing device , and communicatively coupled to the local components via one or more logical and/or physical communication links to form a platform network ; wherein, the platform router comprises a filtering module configured to intercept a name resolution request from a host application executed on the computing device, the name resolution request comprising a hostname of a target destination of a network packet; wherein, the platform router comprises a name resolution module configured to (i) resolve the hostname to obtain a network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet, and (ii) transmit a response to the name resolution request to the host application, the response comprising the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; and the filtering module is further configured to (i) receive the network packet from the host application destined for the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; (ii) determine whether the target destination of the network packet comprises a local component of the computing device as a function of the network address assigned to the target destination of the network packet; and (iii) transmit the network packet to the local component of the computing device via the platform network using one or more network protocols and/or in a format supported by the one or more local components in response to a determination that the target destination of the network packet comprises the local component of the computing device. <EOS>