TECHNIQUES FOR SEPARATING THE PROCESSING OF CLIENTS' TRAFFIC TO DIFFERENT ZONES IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS

摘要

A method and system for separation of traffic processing in a software defined network (SDN). The method comprises allocating a first group of computing resources of a computing farm to a trusted zone and a second group of computing resources to an un-trusted zone; assigning the computing resources in the first group to a first ADC and the computing resources in the second group with a second ADC; triggering a zoning mode in the computing frame to mitigate a potential cyber-attack; and causing at least one network element in the SDN to divert traffic from a trusted client to the first group of computing resources and traffic from an un-trusted client to the second group of computing resources based on a plurality of zoning rules implemented by the at least one network element.