Remote client remediation
US7792990B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4641
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may include network devices, systems, and methods, including executable instructions and/or logic, for remote client remediation. One method includes identifying a client needing remediation, tunnel-encapsulating packets originating from the client during remediation, and forwarding the tunnel-encapsulated packets to a remote remediation functionality different from an original destination address of the packets and having membership in a remediation VLAN different from the original VLAN.
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