Technologies for secure inter-virtual network function communication

USRE48411E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kapil Sood · Beaverton, US
• Jeffrey B. Shaw · Folsom, US
• John Fastabend · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Technologies for secure inter-virtual network function communication include a computing device to determine a cryptographic key for secure communication over at least one of an inter-virtual network function (VNF) network, an inter-virtual network function component (VNFC) network, or a VNF-VNFC network based on a security policy of the computing device; and. The computing device securely communicates over at least one of the inter-VNF, inter-VNFC, or VNF-VNFC network based on the determined cryptographic key.