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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Anand K. Antur, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay Sawhney, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hemant Puri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Naveen S. Bisht, Campbell, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for reconfiguring network security devices coupled to a network directory services server, the network directory services server providing network directory services to the network security devices, includes the steps of storing configuration data for a first network security device at a pre-determined directory location, copying the configuration data from the predetermined directory location to a directory used by the first network security device using the network directory services in response to a first reconfigure request, and updating configuration of the first network security device according to the configuration data in the directory used by the first network security device.