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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Anbu Chezhian Gunalan, San Jose, CA (US);
Chennakesava Reddy Gaddam, Bengaluru, IN;
Annu Singh, Bengaluru, IN;
Wanli Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sushilkumar G. Jhawar, Fremont, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet and generating an optimized security tag based on a standard security tag by replacing an 8-byte optional secure channel identifier (SCI) of the standard security tag with 32 most significant bits of a 4 packet number, a 2-byte MAC Security Entities (SecY) engine identifier, and a 2-byte short SCI. The method further includes encrypting the data packet and transmitting the encrypted data packet comprising the optimized security tag to an electronic device.