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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Inventors:
Colin Gordon, Katy, TX (US);
Dennis Gammel, Pullman, WA (US);
Assignee:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/0485 (2013.01); H04L 2463/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes an intelligent electronic device (IED) and a proxy device communicatively coupled to the TED via a Media Access Control (MACsec) communication link. The proxy device is configured to perform operations that include receiving permissions data, receiving a request to perform an action associated with the TED, determining whether the action is authorized based on the permissions data, and transmitting data to the TED via the MACsec communication link in response to determining that the action is authorized.