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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Atri Indiresan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramchander Rao Nadipally, San Ramon, CA (US);
Rahul Kachalia, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4675 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01);
Abstract
Client device blocking may be provided. A switching device may receive data from a first client device. The data may be addressed to a second client device. Then it may be determined that both the first client device and the second client device belong to a protected group. Next, in response to determining that both the first client device and the second client device belong to the protected group, the data may be blocked from being forwarding to the second client device on a network interface of the switching device.