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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Nile Global, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suresh Katukam, Milpitas, CA (US);
Promode Nedungadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Avinash Kumar, San Ramon, CA (US);
Avoy Nanda, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nile Global, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04L 63/166 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network security involves determining whether a device connected to a network port of a switch of a network is a native device or a non-native device for the network and in response to determining whether the device is the native device or the non-native device for the network, performing native device authentication or non-native device authentication.