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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marcel Paul Sosthène Enguehard, Paris, FR;

Jordan Augé, Saint-Cyr-l'ecole, FR;

Giovanna Carofiglio, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2007 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 61/6059 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of embedding finer grained information such as user identity and application identity in IPv6 addresses used for end-to-end communications within a network. The finer grained information can be used for improved policy enforcement within the network. In one aspect, generating an address for an end-to-end communication within a network, the address including a user identifier and an application identifier for network policy enforcement; assigning the address to an application used in the end-to-end communication; and performing network segmentation and the network policy enforcement within the network using the address.


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