Cisco Technology, Inc.

Lars Olaf Stefan Olofsson

Fabio Rodolfo Maino

Anubhav Gupta

Hendrikus G P Bosch

Jeffrey Michael Napper

Alberto Rodriguez Natal

Syed Khalid Raza

Praveen Raju Kariyanahalli

Atif Khan

Mosaddaq Hussain Turabi

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for locally applying endpoint-specific policies to an endpoint in a network environment. A network device local to one or more endpoints in a network environment can receive from a centralized network controller one or more network-wide endpoint policies. A first endpoint of the one or more endpoints can be configured to inject policy metadata into first data traffic. Policy metadata injected into the first traffic data can be received from the first endpoint. The network device can determine one or more first endpoint-specific polices for the first endpoint by evaluation the first policy metadata with respect to the one or more network-wide endpoint policies. As follows, the one or more first endpoint-specific policies can be applied to control data traffic associated with the first endpoint.

On-path dynamic policy enforcement and endpoint-aware policy enforcement for endpoints

A method may include determining, by a first network device, a type of control channel to open across a transport in a software-defined network (SDN). The method may also include establishing the control channel with a control device via a control plane that is separate from a data plane. The method may further include advertising first security association parameters to the control device via the control channel. The method may include receiving, from the control device via the control channel, second security association parameters associated with a second network device. The method may also include establishing a data plane connection with the second network device using the second security association parameters.

Dynamic disassociated channel encryption key distribution

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lars Olaf Stefan Olofsson