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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Balaji Sankaran, Bangalore, IN;
Karthikeyan Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;
Venkatavaradhan Devarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Gudiputi Suma Chowdary, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to use of MACsec to encrypt tunnel data packets. In an example, a MACsec capable device may receive a data packet from a host device for tunneling to a controller. MACsec capable device may encapsulate the data packet with an encapsulation header to generate an encapsulated data packet. The encapsulation header may comprise a destination MAC address reserved for the controller. MACsec capable device may direct the encapsulated data packet to a MACsec engine. MACsec engine may encrypt the encapsulated data packet with the encryption key to generate an encrypted data packet. MACsec capable device may encapsulate the encrypted data packet with a first GRE header. MACsec capable device may send the encrypted data packet with the first GRE header to the controller via a GRE tunnel.