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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Anand Parthasarathy, Fremont, CA (US);
Manali Chandrakant Holankar, San Diego, CA (US);
Kalyan Chakravarthy Nidumolu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra Sekhar Kondamuri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anand Parthasarathy, Fremont, CA (US);
Manali Chandrakant Holankar, San Diego, CA (US);
Kalyan Chakravarthy Nidumolu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra Sekhar Kondamuri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for encrypting data are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, data path information identifying a data path is provided to one or more of a plurality of nodes in a cluster of nodes in a network, each of the nodes in the cluster being configured for encryption of data. One of the nodes is selected to be responsible for encryption of data in the data path. The selected one of the nodes is notified of its responsibility for encryption of data associated with the data path, wherein traffic associated with the data path is redirected to the selected one of the nodes.