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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Brian Jemes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Melvin Brawn, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Garcia, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Milligan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Pape, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeff Hansell, Fremont, CA (US);
Brian Jemes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Melvin Brawn, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Garcia, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Milligan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Pape, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeff Hansell, Fremont, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A secure network is provided which includes a plurality of network bubbles having a plurality of bubble partitions. Each bubble partition has at least one network device configured to transmit and receive data. All the network devices that belong to or correspond to a particular network bubble have the same network security policy. The secure network also includes a plurality of network control points, which has one or more network control point devices having at least one interface. Each bubble partition is connected to at least one network control point. The network control point is used to provide a connection between at least two network devices. Each network control point device is configured to enforce the network security policy of all the network bubbles that are connected to it. During the transmission of data from one network device to another network device, one or more network control points are traversed.