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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);
Mukesh Hira, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanal Pillai, San Jose, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a first data compute node (DCN) operating in a public datacenter. The method receives an encryption rule from a centralized network controller. The method determines that the network encryption rule requires encryption of packets between second and third DCNs operating in the public datacenter. The method requests a first key from a secure key storage. Upon receipt of the first key, the method uses the first key and additional parameters to generate second and third keys. The method distributes the second key to the second DCN and the third key to the third DCN in the public datacenter.