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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Lyndon Y. Ong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lyndon Y. Ong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a mechanism for distributing client Virtual Private Network (VPN)-related information within a network using a source-independent distributed advertisement that includes incorporating client VPN-related information related to a node of a network into a source-independent distributed advertisement associated with a routing protocol, distributing the source-independent distributed advertisement from the node of the network to at least one other node of the network, or from another node of the network or a centralized management system to the at least one other node of the network, and updating other VPN-related information with the client VPN-related information related to the node of the network at the at least one other node of the network, wherein the client VPN-related information related to the node of the network is distributed to the at least one other node of the network without requiring the establishment of a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session specifically for the distribution of the client VPN-related information.