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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2019
Applicant:

F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

John Howell, Seattle, WA (US);

Geoffrey Peterson, Seattle, WA (US);

Ron Talmor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Judge Kennedy Singh Arora, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

F5, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0245 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and network security manager apparatus that assists with enforcing firewall and security policies based on subscriber identification and subscriber class includes receiving network traffic from a plurality of client devices. A unique subscriber identification number and a subscriber class for each of the plurality of client devices is identified. One or more network security policies associated with each of the identified unique subscriber identification number and the subscriber class is obtained. Each of the obtained one or more network security policies is enforced on the corresponding plurality of client devices or a network security manager apparatus.


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