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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Deepak Mysore Vishveswaraiah, Karnataka, IN;
Mark A. Tassinari, Loomis, CA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Mysore Vishveswaraiah, Karnataka, IN;
Mark A. Tassinari, Loomis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/467 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A source MAC address is associated with a particular port that is a member of a secure group of ports of a network edge device. A move of the source MAC address to any port of the network edge device that is a member of the secure group of ports is allowed. Moves of the MAC address to any port of the network edge device that is outside the secure group of ports are disallowed.