The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yong Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Todd Sabin, Morganville, NJ (US);
Weiqing Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Awan Kumar Sharma, Pune, IN;
Jia Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for selecting between a plurality of paths for sending an encrypted packet from a source endpoint to a destination endpoint is provided. The method selects a first path of the plurality of paths for sending the encrypted packet from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint, each of the plurality of paths associated with a different one of a plurality of source ports, the encrypted packet being encrypted based on a security association established between the source endpoint and the destination endpoint in accordance with an IPSec protocol. The method further encapsulates, based on the SA having NAT-T enabled, the encrypted packet with a UDP header having a first source port associated with the first path. The method then transmits the encapsulated encrypted packet from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint via the first path.