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Systems and methods for configuring flow control of policy expressions

  • US 7,853,678 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2007
  • Issued: 12/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a network device to specify flow control among policies used in processing a packet stream, the method comprising:

  • (a) providing a configuration interface for configuring a plurality of policies of a network device, at least one policy of the plurality of policies comprising a policy identifier; and

    (b) receiving, via the configuration interface, information identifying a first policy of the plurality of policies, the first policy identifying (i) a rule comprising a first expression and (ii) a first action to be taken based on an evaluation of the rule; and

    (c) receiving, via the configuration interface, information identifying a second policy of the plurality of policies to apply subsequent to the first policy if the rule evaluates to true.

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