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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Jeremy Lawrence, Sydney, AU;
Inventor:
Jeremy Lawrence, Sydney, AU;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system to provide secure in-band management for a packet data network are disclosed. In a network device for configuring a virtual private network (VPN), management traffic is received over the VPN. The network device is managed using the management traffic received over the VPN. An in-band management system is created by configuring a virtual private network (VPN) for a network device and linking the VPN to a management device or a management function. By using the VPN to carry management traffic and to create the in-band management system, management of the network device can be made secure.