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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael R. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04L 12/781 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 12/56 (2013.01); H04L 45/52 (2013.01); H04L 49/35 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/00 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 29/12018 (2013.01); H04L 61/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for best effort propagation of security group information is disclosed. The method includes determining if a reserved group identifier is associated with a destination and, if the reserved group identifier is associated with the destination, indicating that a packet received at a network node can be sent to another network node. The packet includes destination information that identifies the destination as a destination of the packet.