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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Jin-shi Lee, Taipei, TW;
Jin-Shi Lee, Taipei, TW;
Trend Micro Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a technique for configuring a network component in a computer network includes coupling the network component to a first computer and a second computer. The network component may be an appliance while the second computer may be a management server for the appliance, for example. A data unit, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, can be sent from the first computer and the data unit can be observed by the appliance such that a source of the data unit may be determined. The source address of the data unit can then be adopted as an appliance address. Also, the appliance address may be forwarded from the appliance to the management server for registration. The appliance may be a transparent security appliance or device, for example. Among other advantages, the technique allows for plug-and-play accommodation of network components with good usability across different network configurations.