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Mechanism for enabling a network address to be shared by multiple labeled containers
US8938554B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8938554-B2 |
| Application number | US-36787506-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2006 |
| Priority date | Mar 2, 2006 |
| Publication date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2015 |
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A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a network address to be shared by multiple containers. By allowing multiple containers to share a network address, a limit on network addresses does not limit the number of containers that can be implemented. Despite the fact that the network address is shared by multiple containers, the uniqueness and isolation of each container is still maintained. In one implementation, this is achieved by associating a unique label with each container. With this unique label, it is possible to forward a packet destined for the shared network address to a specific container despite the fact that multiple containers share the same network address. Thus, with this mechanism, it is possible to achieve container isolation and uniqueness without limiting container scalability.
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What is claimed is: 1. A machine implemented method, comprising: creating a logical network interface within an operating system (OS) environment mapped to a physical network device; assigning a particular network address to the logical network interface within the OS environment; creating a first OS partition within the OS environment; associating, with the first OS partition, a first label comprising a first category describing information in the first OS partition; crea…
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- What does patent US8938554B2 cover?
- A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a network address to be shared by multiple containers. By allowing multiple containers to share a network address, a limit on network addresses does not limit the number of containers that can be implemented. Despite the fact that the network address is shared by multiple containers, the uniqueness and isolation of each container is still maintained. In one…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Lu Jarrett J, Carlson James D, Faden Glenn T, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F21/52. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Jan 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).