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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Sonicwall Us Holdings Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Boris Yanovsky, Saratoga, CA (US);
Roman Yanovsky, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONICWALL INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for centralized policy programming and distributive policy enforcement is described. A method comprises centrally maintaining a plurality of policy definitions for one or more subscribers, generating policy configurations using the plurality of policy definitions, each of the policy configurations being specific to one of the plurality of policy definitions, and disseminating the policy configurations to the appropriate ones of the subscribers' networks.