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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Robert Pryor Beliles, Jr., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Peter Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Glenn Dasmalchi, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Massimo Civilini, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Pryor Beliles, Jr., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Peter Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Glenn Dasmalchi, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Massimo Civilini, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for protecting a packet switched network from compromised communications due to a physical intrusion in the network are disclosed. The network includes at least one network element having a detection device operable to detect a possible physical intrusion in a data communication path connected to the network element. The method includes receiving a notification from the detection device that the detection device has identified a physical intrusion in the data communication path, generating an alert, and transmitting the alert over the packet switched network. The alert may include instructions on how to remediate the physical intrusion that can be automatically implemented by a given network-connected device or manually addressed by a network user or network administrator.