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Method and apparatus for applying application context security controls for software containers

  • US 10,210,322 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2016
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sharing a resource between software containers, the method implemented by a first host computing device and comprising:

  • detecting a request from a first software container to access a resource of a different, second software container, an operational state of the second software container being controlled by a container engine running on the first host computing device;

    instructing the first host computing device to accept or reject the request based on whether the first and second software containers, which each contain a respective software application, are part of a same logical software application;

    detecting an outgoing request from the second software container to access a resource of a third software container that is different from the first and second software containers and whose operational state is controlled by a container engine running on a second host computing device that is different from the first host computing device; and

    either rejecting the outgoing request at the first host computing device or transmitting the outgoing request to the second host computing device based on whether the second and third software containers, which each contain a respective software application, are part of a same logical software application.

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