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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adhip Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Ammanur, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sreedhar Ganjikunta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Uday Srinivasan, Fremont, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed methods and systems employ an agent to identify data paths between first and second networking devices, such that a data path connects an interface of the first networking device with an interface of the second networking device, each interface being uniquely identified by an associated Internet Protocol (IP) address. The agent establishes a secure connection as follows. First a connection is established between the first and second networking devices using respective first and second IP addresses. Next, security keys are negotiated to establish the secure connection, the security keys including encryption keys and decryption keys. Next, inbound and outbound security associations are established for each of the plurality of data paths, inbound and outbound security associations including IP addresses associated with respective data paths and respective decryption keys. Finally, the inbound and outbound security associations are established in a data plane of the first networking device.