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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Zheng Qi, San Jose, CA (US);
Meg Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Zheng Qi, San Jose, CA (US);
Meg Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one general aspect, a method of using a network device may include receiving, via an ingress port, a data packet that includes a payload portion, a source network address and a destination network address. In various embodiments, the method may also include determining if the data packet includes a security tag that includes a role based authentication tag. In some embodiments, the method may include, if the data packet includes a security tag that includes a role based authentication tag, transmitting, via an egress port, at least the payload portion and the role based authentication tag towards, in a topological sense, the destination network address.