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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2012
Maithili Narasimha, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suraj Nellikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Sardar, Fremont, CA (US);
Maithili Narasimha, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suraj Nellikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Sardar, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example implementation and includes identifying a plurality of exporters that are authorized to communicate data to a collector on behalf of a secure domain; generating secure credentials for the secure domain; communicating the secure credentials to the collector; and authenticating the exporters using the secure credentials. In more particular implementations, the method can include receiving the secure credentials; receiving certain data that includes identifying information, which further includes an Internet protocol (IP) address of a source associated with the certain data; accepting the certain data if the secure credentials validate the identifying information; and rejecting the certain data if the secure credentials do not validate the identifying information.