Method and apparatus for dynamic switching and real time security control on virtualized systems

摘要

In some embodiments, the invention involves securing network traffic to and from a host processor. A system and method is disclosed which utilizes a second processor on a virtualization technology platform to send/receive and triage messages. The second processor is to forward suspect messages to a virtual appliance for further investigation before routing the suspect messages to one of a plurality of virtual machines running on the host processor. When messages are not suspect, use of the virtual appliance is avoided and messages are routed to one of a plurality of virtual machines via a virtual machine manager running on the host processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.