Patent ID: 8385331

Claim:
A device comprising: a memory to: store a plurality of policies, the plurality of policies including different policies for different types of devices associated with a first network associated with the device; and a processor to: receive traffic transmitted between a first device and a second device, where the first device is associated with the first network and the second device is associated with a second network, and where the first network and the second network are connected by a secure connection and a non-secure connection, determine a type, of the different types of devices, associated with the first device, identify a policy, of the plurality of policies, to apply to the received traffic based on the determined type associated with the first device, and apply the identified policy to the received traffic, where the processor, when applying the identified policy, is further to: determine whether the received traffic is transmitted between the first network and the second network via the secure connection or via the non-secure connection, and discard, based on the identified policy, the received traffic when the traffic is transmitted along the non-secure connection between the first network and the second network.