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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Brandon L. Hoff, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Ronald B. Willis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles R. Starrett, Cary, NC (US);
Donald K. Mcalister, Apex, NC (US);
Brandon L. Hoff, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Ronald B. Willis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles R. Starrett, Cary, NC (US);
Donald K. McAlister, Apex, NC (US);
Certes Networks, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A technique for securing message traffic in a data network using various methods for distributing security policies and keys, where policy definition is determined in a Management and Policy (MAP) functional layer that is responsible for policy distribution; a separate Key Authority Point (KAP) that is responsible for key generation, key distribution, and policy distribution; and a separate Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) which is responsible for enforcing the policies and applying the keys.