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Secure traffic visibility and analytics for encrypted traffic

US10938685B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2018
Grant dateMar 2, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2212/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Presented herein is an exemplified system and method that provides visibility, for traffic analytics, into secured encapsulated packet (e.g., secure VXLAN-GPE packet, a secure metadata-GPE packet or other GPE standards). The exemplified system and method facilitate encryption of traffic in a granular manner that also facilitate the monitoring of said secure traffic in a fabric network in an end-to-end manner throughout the network. Such monitoring can be beneficially used for analytics, performance analysis, and network debugging/troubleshooting.

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