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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
David A. Mcgrew, Poolesville, MD (US);
Mark Baugher, Portland, OR (US);
Saul Adler, West Hempstead, NY (US);
William C. Melohn, Mountain View, CA (US);
David A. McGrew, Poolesville, MD (US);
Mark Baugher, Portland, OR (US);
Saul Adler, West Hempstead, NY (US);
William C. Melohn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with processing secure network traffic are described. One example method includes determining whether a device is a preconfigured member of a group key system. If the device is not a preconfigured member then the method selectively establishes membership in the group key system by requesting membership from a group controller. The example method may also include receiving a set of keys from the group controller and being assigned a role by the group controller. The method may further include processing secure network traffic as an inspection point, a rewriting point, and/or a validation point based on the received set of keys and the assigned role(s).