Patent ID: 8924541

Claim:
A method implemented for execution on one or more processors, the method comprising: migrating a virtual resource from a source host in a source network to a destination host in a destination network; establishing a secure communication connection between a source proxy in the source network and a destination proxy in the destination network; monitoring migration traffic directed from the source host to the source proxy and forwarding said traffic to the destination proxy which in turn forwards the traffic to the destination host over the secure communication connection between the source proxy and the destination proxy, such that the communication addresses of the source host and the destination host remain guarded from direct access by an entity outside of the source network or the destination network; and maintaining the virtual resource's access to one or more resources locally connected to the source network after the virtual resource is migrated from the source host to the destination host, while also supporting at least a virtual machine that is running on the destination network with access to virtual resources on the destination network, without the virtual machine interacting with the source network.