Dispatching packets from a forwarding agent using tag switching
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Sep 30, 2003
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Jul 1, 1999
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Jul 1, 1999
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A system and method are disclosed for providing a network service. The method includes storing at a forwarding agent a tag table. The tag table includes a list of tags and each tag specifies an interface and a destination. An instruction is received from a service manager specifying an overriding packet destination. The overriding packet destination is a destination that corresponds to a specific destination in a specific one of the tags. A packet is dispatched from the forwarding agent to the overriding packet destination using the specific one of the tags in response to the instruction from the service manager.
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