Systems and methods are disclosed for classifying packets with a rule. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a packet; determining a key value for the received packet; identifying a rule corresponding to the determined key value by searching a set of rules, the set of rules being decorrelated such that there is no overlap in any key values corresponding to the decorrelated set of rules.

 
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