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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Venkata Siva N. Amulothu, RTP, NC (US);
Nitin J. Huralikuppi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashish Kapur, San Jose, CA (US);
Vishal Shukla, San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first information comprising an identification of an encryption algorithm supported by a first component from the first component of a software defined network (SDN) is received at a controller of the SDN. A set of policies and a set of encryption algorithms are sent to the first component. A policy determines a cryptographic operation applicable to a path in the SDN between the first component and a second component of the SDN. The first component comprises an originating point of the path and the second component comprises a destination point of the path.