Network interface device
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1. A method for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device, the method comprising:
- receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined; and
based on the received information, enabling a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined.
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Abstract
There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device by receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined, and based on the received information, enabling a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined.
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1. A method for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device, the method comprising:
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receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined; and based on the received information, enabling a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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management logic to; receive information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined, enable a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined based on the received information, and store attributes of the first rule and attributes of the second rule in a configuration database; and coordination logic to; send a first signal to a first engine of a packet forwarding device to notify the first engine of the newly-stored attributes of the first rule, and send a second signal to a second engine of the packet forwarding device to notify the second engine of the newly-stored attributes of the second rule. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A network device comprising:
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a first network interface and a second network interface, each of the network interfaces being capable of bidirectional communication; a policy including a set of rules for the device, the set of rules including security rules and traffic management rules; a security engine to filter packets received at the first network interface of the device, the security engine comprising logic to classify each of the packets received at the first network interface, and logic to process the classified packets in accordance with one or more of the security rules to identify accepted packets; and a quality of service engine to schedule the accepted packets for transmission through the second network interface of the device, the quality of service engine comprising logic to queue the accepted packets for transmission based on the classifying performed by the security engine, and logic to process each of the accepted packets queued for transmission in accordance with one or more of the traffic management rules. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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