CPC H04L 45/745 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 2212/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for performing a set of two or more services on packets, the method comprising:
at a cloud gateway (CGW) operating in a first network of a public cloud,
receiving, from a second network, a packet that is addressed to reach an external server in a third network;
performing a service insertion operation to identify a service path comprising two or more service machines for performing the set of two or more services on the packet;
based on the identified service path, forwarding the packet to the set of two or more service machines to perform the set of two or more services on the packet;
receiving the packet after the set of two or more services have been performed on the packet; and
forwarding the packet to the external server operating in the third network.
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