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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tarek Saad, Greely, CA;
Manish Talwar, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Raveendra Torvi, Mountain House, CA (US);
Ajay Kachrani, Nashua, NH (US);
Kireeti Kompella, Los Altos, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In some implementations, an egress network device of a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network may exchange Internet key exchange (IKE) messages with an ingress network device of the MPLS network to establish a security association between the egress network device and the ingress network device. The egress network device may receive an MPLS packet that includes an MPLS header, a secure MPLS data header, and an MPLS payload. The egress network device may process the MPLS header to determine a label associated with a label-switched path (LSP) and a secure function indicator. The egress network device may decrypt, using a secure function identified based on the secure MPLS data header, the MPLS payload to generate a decrypted packet. The egress network device may transmit the decrypted packet towards a destination device.