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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anoop Dawani, San Jose, CA (US);
James Michael Murphy, Alameda, CA (US);
Udayakumar Srinivasan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a network element that dynamically establishes a first virtual private network (VPN) tunnel is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element detects data destined for a first private subnet. In response to the detecting, the network element determines that a next hop for the data does not have an established VPN tunnel that allows access to the first private subnet. The network element further establishes the VPN tunnel and sends the data using the VPN tunnel.