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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liman Wei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liman Wei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Enforcement firewalls and other security devices are located on a network for a given source node and destination node. Nodes in the network topology are programmatically identified as being part of a non-looping communication path between the source node and the destination node. These nodes may be part of a path closure set. Security devices that are part of the path closure set are identified as the enforcement security devices for the given source and destination node.