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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pok Sze Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ramesh Nampelly, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron Rodriguez, Edinburg, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at an enforcement node, a request to access a network from an endpoint, transmitting at the enforcement node, the access request to a policy server, receiving at the enforcement node from the policy server, a dynamic authorization comprising a plurality of ranks, each of the ranks comprising a policy for access to the network by the endpoint, assigning the endpoint to one of the ranks and applying the policy associated with the rank to traffic received from the endpoint at the enforcement node during a communication session between the endpoint and the network, assigning the endpoint to a different rank, and applying the policy associated with the rank to traffic received from the endpoint during the communication session. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.