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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez, Guadalajara, MX;
Shaun E. Harrington, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Benjamin K. Rawlins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 2463/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
For enhancing security in a complex network by a computer processor device, a processor collaborates with at least one additional processor device in a higher hierarchical order in the complex network. A Media Access Control (MAC) address of an offending network device is shared between the processor devices such that access of the offending network device to portions of the complex network under the supervisory control of the processor devices may be subsequently blocked.