Centrally managing data for distributed identity-based firewalling
US10951605B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0428
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by at least one broker computing devices, identity awareness data from a plurality of directory services in a federation; posting, by the at least one broker computing device, the identity awareness data to a distributed data repository; establishing, at a networking hardware device having a first type, firewall rules using the identity awareness data from the distributed data repository; controlling, by the networking hardware device having the first type, network traffic based on the identity awareness data.
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