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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sanal Pillai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Calvin Qian, Fremont, CA (US);
Gang Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bin Zan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 45/16 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 9/0841 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments described herein are generally directed to enabling a group of host machines within a network to securely communicate an unknown unicast packet. In some embodiments, a key policy is defined exclusively for the secure communication of unknown unicast packets. The key policy is transmitted by a central controller to the group of host machines for negotiating session keys among each other when communicating unknown unicast packets.