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Network device with transparent heartbeat processing

US10862864B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Sophos Limited · GB

Inventors

Moritz Daniel Grimm · Bruchsal, DE
Daniel Stutz · Karlsruhe, DE
Andrew J. Thomas · Woodstock, GB
Kenneth D. Ray · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/2514
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Network devices within an enterprise are configured to pass out-of-band security information such as heartbeats, notifications of compromise, device identification information, and so forth between logical or physical network partitions such as subnets, routing domains, access points, and so forth. This technique can advantageously facilitate integrated management of endpoints across network boundaries that might otherwise interfere with the identification and management of specific devices.

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