Patent · US Active

Policy consolidation for auto-orchestrated data centers

US11303611B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Umamaheswararao Karyampudi · Fremont, US
Murukanandam Panchalingam · Dublin, US
Muralidhar Annabatula · Dublin, US
Madhuryamayi Mani · Milpitas, US
Darpan R. Kathoke · Milpitas, US
Chong M. Tan · Saratoga, US
Azeem Suleman · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 2019
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for generating and enforcing whitelist security policies in a communication network are disclosed. A first plurality of whitelist policies are consolidated into a second plurality of whitelist policies based on populating a plurality of tables. The populated tables include a first table including pairs of endpoints and associating each pair of endpoints with a service identifier, and a second table associating the service identifiers with the policy identifiers. The second plurality of whitelist policies are programmed into a network device in the communication network, based on at least one of the plurality of tables. Rules governing traffic between the pair of endpoints are enforced, at the network device, using the programmed second plurality of whitelist policies.

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