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Method and system for inspecting broadcast network traffic between end points residing within a same zone

US10749789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Arista Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Anuraag Mittal · Livermore, US
Aparna Karanjkar · Santa Clara, US
Nitin Karkhanis · Fremont, US
Thejesh Panchappa · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/66
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for inspecting broadcast network traffic between end points residing within a same zone. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail the provisioning of unique forward-service and reverse-service virtual network identifiers (VNIs), and corresponding virtual layer-2 (VL2) forward-service and reverse-service broadcast domains, respectively, to communications originating from and destined to intercept hosts.

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